Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [vb past] by the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had n't even noticed where they were , but now he was guiding her up some stone steps , and she realised by the background music that they were heading for Pepe 's . |
| 2 | Eventually the light was left behind and they walked by the glow of the snow itself . |
| 3 | Twoflower helped the wizard to his feet and they crouched by the altar stone , watching the manic figure as it battled the questing arms . |
| 4 | The laws they followed belonged to Gemara and they swore by the Midrash and the Mishmeh Torah , an encyclopaedic religious code written by Maimonides eight centuries ago . |
| 5 | There was a wide area where the passage broadened out and he lingered by the steps until the raincoat came in sight . |
| 6 | She walked up and down for some time , looking and sniffing , but not touching , and he waited by the door in the shadows and watched her . |
| 7 | William of Malmesbury said King Edward ‘ clapped spurs to his horse , but one foot slipped and he dragged by the other through the wood , his blood leaving a trail until he was dead . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I sat on my bed and he sat by the door and we talked and I tried to persuade him to use his money to educate himself and he said he would but I did n't feel convinced . ’ |