Example sentences of "[pron] by a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Otto 's brother-in-law King Athelstan appears to have called himself by a variety of high sounding titles , emperor ( if any of the documents are genuine ) and basileus , the Greek word for king and part of the official title of the Byzantine emperor ( though it is not clear whether the English realized this ) . |
| 2 | In many cases , as where the persons entitled are not of age , or not yet in existence , or not to be found , an executor or administrator will have to retain the property in his hands for a considerable time , though he may sometimes relieve himself by a payment or transfer into court , and in any case he can obtain the direction of the courts when doubts arise as to the proper course which he should take . |
| 3 | David was warming himself by a fire in the centre of the hut ; he was almost nude and had never worn anything other than a coarse blanket which was slightly tied round him to cover his back . |
| 4 | Bald planned to follow it with other county surveys of similar quality , but this ambition was frustrated when the Ordnance Survey was directed to produced its own map of Ireland in 1824 , and henceforth he devoted his energies to civil engineering , a profession for which he further equipped himself by a period of renewed study and foreign travel . |
| 5 | Third , the opposed relationship , I dominating in twenty-seven sonnets , in nineteen of which by a ratio of at least two to one . |
| 6 | Arthur Whitten-Brown , the navigator , who by a twist of fate spent his formative years living in Chorlton , Manchester , selected and installed all the instruments . |
| 7 | On the other hand , there are those who have only an imperfect formal competence in a language but who by a combination of guesswork and intuition can somehow make contact with the aesthetic qualities of a foreign poem . |
| 8 | you by a minute ; mat on the floor , |
| 9 | Misuse of any duplication program could result in proceedings against you by a software vendor . |
| 10 | It is not a good idea simply to rely on advertisements in the local paper but far better to go to someone who has been recommended to you by a friend who has been successfully treated . |
| 11 | How did you tell a man who had just expressed his undying love for you and his need to remain in your arms for ever and ever that he was separated from you by a distance of fifty years , and that only by some perverse and cruel trick of time had you been allowed to meet at all ? |
| 12 | After a few weeks the time log sheets are analysed for you by a specialist who duly reports back on how you have been spending your time . |
| 13 | Your specific tasks within that given work are assigned to you by a person called your manager ( or boss or supervisor ) , who ought to be held accountable for the work you do . |
| 14 | Th this has been foisted on you by a group of activists sort of |
| 15 | If need be , do n't hesitate to amend any undertaking put before you by a bank , etc , to terms you are confident you can fulfil . |
| 16 | The numbers you request from directory enquiries are read out to you by a speech generating computer ( other than a person ) . |
| 17 | You will not jeopardise that job I perjured myself to get for you by a vagrancy charge tonight of all nights . |
| 18 | A secondary stage follows after a few more months and manifests itself by a rash on the face and body . |
| 19 | Malignant melanoma can show itself by a change in the look of a skin mole . |
| 20 | For some reason it felt as though she was being sucked into something by a card-sharp . |
| 21 | Stupidly , she had hoped that Silas would invite her to sit at his table , but instead she was led to a small one by a girl she later learned to be Stella 's daughter , Jean . |
| 22 | The well-known argument is that the woman 's refusal to concede to sexual intercourse is totally unjustified , since the two bodies have in fact already been made one by a flea , who has been sucking blood from them both . |
| 23 | Riborg showed her a photograph album , with herself by a fjord in a miniscule bikini . |
| 24 | It really is very difficult to convey , sir , the immense difficulties this woman was up against , trying to give her daughter the benefits of a modern education but bound herself by a family subscribing to a quite different system of ‘ mores ’ . |
| 25 | The door was opened for him by a secretary who sat alone in a corner . |
| 26 | a shop-assistant has possession of money paid to him by a customer until he puts it in the till . |
| 27 | She predeceased him by a year . |
| 28 | It was a death sentence , Trent knew with absolute certainty , passed on him by a man who was both intelligent and psychopathic . |
| 29 | The enangan had no subsequent special rights either in the girl or in her future children though her children addressed him by a title used as a respectful term for " Father " among some neighbouring groups . |
| 30 | The latter told of a hack TV gag writer ( Jason Robards Jr ) trying to prevent his precocious twelve-year-old nephew from being taken away from him by a Child Welfare Officer ( William Daniels ) . |