Example sentences of "[adv prt] by [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm , I like to talk , so he 's wound down , you know , really sleepy , comes to bed , and I 'm like , that 's when I wind down by chatting away and saying , you know , little snippets of things that have happened to you during the day , and he 's just like , oh , shut up , go to sleep , you know . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , ’ she continued , engrossed in her story , ‘ he brought the house down by flying on to the stage like a whirlwind and sweeping Mother off her feet ! ’ |
| 3 | Having said this , Martin Little at Trace Elliot was at pains to point out that their aim was to produce a high quality product using the best components available , but to keep the price down by supplying only the essential facilities in a standardised format . |
| 4 | But be extra vigilant partcularly in terms of headache , vomiting , or if they 're irritable , or if you ca n't bring their temperature down by sponging down and Calpol . |
| 5 | But be extra vigilant partcularly in terms of headache , vomiting , or if they 're irritable , or if you ca n't bring their temperature down by sponging down and Calpol . |
| 6 | In New York and Boston businessmen and women can get business travel advice and tips on how to keep travelling costs down by tuning in to daily business travel programmes on local radio stations . |
| 7 | Assistant coach Ray Clemence said : ‘ Darren was feeling the injury at half-time but did n't want to let the rest of the boys down by coming off . |
| 8 | Making it as difficult as possible for them to come in by setting up barriers doing things , perhaps a at night , putting like some timer switches in the rooms that you 're likely to be sitting in . |
| 9 | We would like to ask everyone in the Secondary Schools of Edinburgh to join in by encouraging as many students and teachers as possible to travel to school by bicycle that day . |
| 10 | The sun disappears , leaving behind its glow on the horizon as if the colour is in my head , burnt in by gazing too long at the red sphere . |
| 11 | You do n't get to the tax bracket Manny Jackson was in by shouting out the first thing that comes into your head . |
| 12 | Wimbledon are hoping to sign Crystal Palace striker Stan Collymore for around £250,000 and could bring some cash back in by selling forwards Terry Gibson and Paul McGee to Coventry . |
| 13 | ‘ If I ca n't get in by asking nicely , ’ she had said , ‘ I 'll blow apart a set of doors . |
| 14 | He made himself over by taking up body-building in the Scottish style — which is long and lean rather than pillows of bulk — and changed his name from Thomas to Sean ( in Edinburgh , he 's still universally known as ‘ Big Tam ’ ) . |
| 15 | He had been so throughout his school life and through college , managing to only just scrape through by handing in work started the night before it was due in . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's on the same day as Jedburgh 's , so we start off by riding there between 8.30 am and 1.00 pm . |
| 17 | I 'm going to start off by suggesting why people like yourselves ought to be much more pro-active , take a much more lead in terms of doing things with the media . |
| 18 | Because it 's no good just going in there and throwing products at them , it does n't work , I know I tried it and , so you need to start off by getting close to people , talking to them , finding out all about . |
| 19 | The thing is , Bob , if I may give you some advice based on long and hard experience , not to start off by renting somewhere , if you can possibly avoid it . ’ |
| 20 | He started off by pointing out that Rommel 's lines of communication , stretched out along the coast , were extremely vulnerable to a determined attack . |
| 21 | He leads off by pointing out that merging is only a potential solution to a firm 's problems , stressing that sometimes it may be the wrong solution . |
| 22 | Embarrassment at the lack of results was brushed off by pointing out that the social sciences were new , and therefore could not be expected to achieve the theoretical power of the natural sciences straight away . |
| 23 | Start off by standing upright with the arms above your head . |
| 24 | As for rabbits , they are a scourge in some rural areas , eating all the young growth on choice shrubs , and in hard weather , killing them off by stripping away their bark . |
| 25 | Erm can we can you as part of the discussion , can you start off by saying well thank you very much for the call that you gave me last week but erm erm there 's there 's just a couple of sizes I 'd like to talk talk to you about . |
| 26 | for the rest of the concert and the penny began to drop erm He said something about the tube station not being the most romantic place to meet and I kind of brushed it off by saying well at least we wo n't get wet there or something . |
| 27 | So you may start off by saying well two hundred pounds fits this case according to it 's seriousness , but you find that the defendant could n't possibly afford to pay that and realistically , say , only a fifty pound fine can be imposed . |
| 28 | Start off by cleaning down all the oily and greasy bits — the engine compartment , undercarriage and control surface hinges . |
| 29 | Okay you start off by finding out from the person how much they think they need . |
| 30 | Now , if like me you 've yet to attempt this big production number you could pick up a few tips here , after all , we 've a number of professionals in this hundred , hoteliers , dressmakers , cake makers , photographers , and video makers , registrars , ministers , but above all , we have a lot ex-brides here , and let's start off by finding how many we have . |