Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] by this " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hoped , though , that you would n't mind if I stopped by this morning ? |
| 2 | I had by this time spent some years in the States , including a year living in an Anglican theological college , and had watched my friends become ordained . |
| 3 | I had by this time met the latter . |
| 4 | McLeish found himself shocked by this piece of feminine sharpness and must have registered something because his sergeant blushed . |
| 5 | We received a call from the hospital , which had by this time received the results of the X-rays . |
| 6 | Initially at least , NHS resources were not being passed across to the local authorities and the voluntary organizations active within the Riverside DHA which had by this stage succeeded Victoria DHA in another reorganization . |
| 7 | If she thought by this means she might bend me to her will , she was as mistaken as you are now . |
| 8 | ‘ You knew by this time ? |
| 9 | Franca , now gathered into Marcus 's attempt , was saying in her mind , Oh let it be all right , let it be all right , not sure what she meant by this , whether that Marcus should revive Patrick , or whether simply that Marcus should ‘ get away ’ without some positive disgrace , some catastrophe or shameful happening . |
| 10 | I did n't understand what she meant by this but she smiled and asked if I would like to go to the ‘ flicks ’ the following Saturday . |
| 11 | ‘ But on the whole I 'm an autodidact , ’ said Constance , fairly confident that Clarissa would n't have a clue what she meant by this . |
| 12 | Lucien had no idea what she meant by this . |
| 13 | I could n't work out what she meant by this . |
| 14 | He seemed obtuse , as she felt by this time that she had more than cancelled out any slight encouragement she might have given him at first . |
| 15 | This lot have been brought into the barn for a rest , ’ indicating with his hand the others who had by this time fallen asleep , oblivious to the noise of the guns and the explosions very close to the barn . |
| 16 | He writes : Molla Hacihasanzade , who became kazasker for twenty-five years continuously through purposing the turning away and hindering of those capable of achieving renown by directing them to the path of kaza [ kadilik ] and of those who were spoken of as outstanding in excellence among their contemporaries by impeding their passage through the ranks ; and who had by this stratagem , over so long a period , found safety from the crush of those ulema who , by right of learning and excellence , might have passed through the ranks and become rivals to him … |
| 17 | The recruitment of colonial troops , mainly by the French who hoped by this means to offset the demographic superiority of the Germans ( a subject anxiously discussed in the 1860s ) , brought some others for the first time into a European environment . |
| 18 | She was the only one encouraged by this choice of Uncle Knacker 's , recognising the touch of class she desired . |
| 19 | There had by this stage been seven rounds of preliminary talks designed to arrange such a meeting . |
| 20 | This concentration on christology is of the very essence of Barth 's method , but the greatness of his theological achievement lies not simply in the method and form of the whole , but in the way in which he succeeded by this means in re-integrating and casting quite fresh light on all the great leading themes of classical orthodox belief . |
| 21 | The defendant who has a belief in consent will be acquitted no matter how he came by this belief and whether or not he considered the possibility of non-consent . |
| 22 | He declared by this determination , Ulster is going to see that Protestantism is neither dead nor buried but is on the march . |
| 23 | Working from a basis not impossibly different from a very great many comprehensive schools in the UK , it achieved by this single-minded disposition of resources and energy an organization of support for teacher and pupil alike . |
| 24 | The free edge of the epidermis has clearly moved in over the marked wound mesenchyme , leaving less than 10% of it exposed by this stage . |
| 25 | You must also tell us if you know of any impending prosecution , Coroners Inquest or Fatal Accident Inquiry involving anyone insured by this policy . |
| 26 | You must also tell us if you know about any impending prosecution , Coroners Inquest or Fatal Accident Inquiry involving anyone insured by this policy . |
| 27 | You must also tell us if you know about any impending prosecution , Coroners Inquest or Fatal Accident Inquiry involving anyone insured by this policy . |
| 28 | You must also tell us if you know about any impending prosecution , = Coroners Inquest or Fatal Accident Inquiry involving anyone insured by this policy . |
| 29 | You must also tell us if you know about any impending prosecution , Coroners Inquest or Fatal Accident Inquiry involving anyone insured by this policy . |
| 30 | He meant by this that people are more likely to be convinced of the reality of the faith if our expression of it is coherent , sensible and entire . |