Example sentences of "[pers pn] by [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then one night they all disappeared , 'cos t' farmers an' their wives kep' forgettin' to say thank you by puttin' out cake an' milk for yum . |
| 2 | So , of course you might be running into trouble by doing too much , by being over-zealous and when you do things , or you may also be inviting criticism and inviting the , the great fickle hand of of bureaucratic power down upon you by doing too little too late , and that 's often the , that 's often the criticism which people in your profession and several other professions get accused of . |
| 3 | In just promoting ideal conditions in the reef aquarium for sessile invertebrates , such subjects as anemones and soft corals can reward you by reproducing asexually either by polyp division or budding . |
| 4 | But now suppose that you know I am behind the tree , you are expecting me to leap out , and I know you know all that : I can still ( maybe ) frighten you by leaping out , just by getting you to realize that I intend to frighten you . |
| 5 | Minton would repay him by sending over drinks in generous quantities . |
| 6 | None of the French journalists embarrassed him by pointing out that this first ‘ petit saison ’ of the Opera — and even the next season — fall far short of the target for the Opera de la Bastille , which is 250 performances a year . |
| 7 | The swan will tantalize him by flying back and forth right in front of him . |
| 8 | ‘ Because , my dear , ’ Marc gave a perceptible sigh , ‘ as I 've already suggested , if you 're not going to play it my way you can best show your regard for him by taking up my alternative offer of an airline ticket before he returns . |
| 9 | The Minister surprised him by getting up . |
| 10 | It might be supposed that to injure him by getting deeply into his debt sufficed to satisfy any unfriendly feelings they might entertain towards him . |
| 11 | Chapman eventually forced the ball over the line after Cantona had surprised him by passing instead of shooting when McAllister , released from emergency duty at right-back , crossed from the left . |
| 12 | Nothing , if the injury persisted , but whatever a man 's mates might collect for him by passing round a hat . |
| 13 | Huddersfield 's winger Billy Smith was felled on the edge of ( some said just outside ) the area , and he drove the ball home from the spot , despite the goalkeeper 's efforts to distract him by jumping up and down . |
| 14 | They wanted to surprise him by jumping out and saying ‘ Happy birthday ! ’ after he 'd seen the presents . |
| 15 | But the war also completed his task for him by sweeping away the remains of the system under which golf professionals had been subjugated as decent , working-class chaps . |
| 16 | Because Miguel , in the same incident , has been bitten but not seriously injured , Sarah tries to save him by cutting off his infected arm with a machete — an effect that failed to work with the first model , until an assistant of Savini 's used a spare rubber arm with the cut prefilled with wax . |
| 17 | In consequence he became , in Liddie 's eyes , the kind of mother her own mother had been — one who disabled her by taking over . |
| 18 | Marguerite surprised her by nodding wryly and making a small grimace . |
| 19 | Tears were building up behind her eyes , threatening to disgrace her by spilling down her cheeks . |
| 20 | Later , I tried to mollify her by pointing out that the teacher had said what a nice boy he was . |
| 21 | The sister who 'd protested and overruled her by bringing in another doctor to relieve Brückner 's suffering . |
| 22 | Then he disconcerted her by laughing again , but the sound was laced with a derision she found intolerable . |
| 23 | In the bedlam the Spaniard built a 5-0 lead but then 22-year-old sports journalist Nicola stunned her by fighting back to 5-3 . |
| 24 | ‘ Your mouth gives away the fact that you 're not the frigid woman you 're making out to be — aside from all the other proof I have ! ’ he needled her by saying curtly . |
| 25 | I mean presumably erm when erm er you know when er when people fight religious crusades , very often they see themselves as er justified by a religious precedence of the past by the great prophets of the past or , or , or great leaders who did similar things and er they , they consciously justify what they 're doing do n't they by saying well you know we 're er we 're , we 're doing , fighting this crusade or , or carrying out this policy er and these are the historical precedences . |
| 26 | Pedestrians know that runners have a programme to fulfil , and respect it by getting out of their way . |
| 27 | ‘ I think , for perhaps the first and only time in his life , William had been trying to shake off his obsession , and he did it by getting as far away from temptation as possible . |
| 28 | It is peat-coloured , and its gills both camouflage it by breaking up its outline and enable it to breathe in still water . |
| 29 | It had immediately bombed and Sir David English , editor of the Daily Mail , had had to be brought in to rescue it by throwing out the new design ideas and making it look as old-fashioned as its daily counterpart . |
| 30 | The council had heard about impending publication late on Saturday night , too , he said , and had tried to stop it by taking out an interdict against the newspaper concerned . |