Example sentences of "[vb pp] by [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I left Poppy at the home surrounded by lots of new toys . |
| 2 | Very few are so unmusical as to have no music at all within them , and all of us are surrounded by it for much of the time . |
| 3 | … the novel is destined to be perceived from within itself — the same as the real world … to enjoy a novel we must feel surrounded by it on all sides … |
| 4 | A compositor is employed as a compositor ; a machine-minder ( printer ) likewise has to keep to his own job ; the print union is a strong one — and very jealously guard the many gains won by them for their members . |
| 5 | She also had the costs of the case awarded against her — wiping out virtually all of the £334,000-worth of damages won by her in previous court actions against the press . |
| 6 | In my last message I listed the impressive accolades won by you for Rentokil in the past year . |
| 7 | André was far too exuberant to be shattered by something like that , but it had given her ego a kick . |
| 8 | In a civil question between the creditors of a deceased and insolvent certificate-holder and his widow , who , without objection by the creditors , obtained the certificate and thereafter carried on the business without any agreement being made regarding her paying her husband 's debts , or the application of the profits during her tenancy , it was decided that she was not bound to account to the creditors for the profits earned by her under her own certificate : Stewart 's Trs. v. Stewart 's Executrix ( 1896 ) 23 R. 739 . |
| 9 | But Prince Charles did not appear attracted by anyone from that world . |
| 10 | Several other writers were attracted by it in the 1960s and 1970s : Douglas Oliver , in The Harmless Building ( 1973 ) , for example ; Muriel Spark , at several stages in her fiction ; and Giles Gordon , who follows the second-person narrative of Michel Butor 's La Modification ( 1957 ) , making ‘ you ’ the protagonist of his Girl with red hair ( 1974 ) . |
| 11 | He said it was worthless having a respected financial sector that did nothing to help the economy and added that the vested interests of the sector needed to be tackled so that the benefits could be accrued by everyone in Scotland and not just a selected minority . |
| 12 | Local schools were again in evidence at the Central Region Youth Orchestra concert in the MacRobert in March , part of a series of concerts , drama and other events organised by them as part of the Jubilee . |
| 13 | In particular the project is seeking to understand the role and action of women in mining households and the collective support organised by them in coalfield communities during the dispute . |
| 14 | First of all , it seems that the housewife 's resentment of her long working hours is located by her in the context of a comparison between her own and her husband 's situation . |
| 15 | The rise in the share of fixed investment , from 19 per cent of GDP in 1955 to 33 per cent in 1961 , was paralleled by one in the share of ( pre-tax ) gross profit incomes , up from 31 to 39 per cent . |
| 16 | It is interesting here to note that it is paralleled by one from Islam of how Allah sent the angel Gabriel to search for a pious man in a certain place . |
| 17 | Soon the seascape seemed to be occupied by nothing but the two great ships clamped together , with a web of men and weapons passing glittering from the one to the other . |
| 18 | Under the new law , the only valid excuse for excluding children is that 80% of the flats in a development are occupied by someone aged 55 or more . |
| 19 | Every case of sickness or misfortune is claimed by him as a judgement against the upstarts who dare to challenge the legitimacy of his rule . |
| 20 | GIBSON SG Standard , 1974 , walnut finish , humbuckers , ebony fingerboard , owned by me from new , plays beautifully , some marks , £350 . |
| 21 | If you 're going to be ridiculously pedantic about principles , as you call them , practically every private villa in existence is owned by somebody with loads of money — is that a good reason never to rent a villa ? ’ |
| 22 | There is nothing inconsistent with the Income Tax Acts in recognising and respecting the distinction between property owned by a person as trustee and property owned by him in his own right … |
| 23 | ‘ has liberated English public law from the fetters that the courts had theretofore imposed upon themselves so far as determinations of inferior courts and statutory tribunals were concerned , by drawing esoteric distinctions between errors of law committed by such tribunals that went to their jurisdiction , and errors of law committed by them within their jurisdiction . |
| 24 | ‘ has liberated English public law from the fetters that the courts had theretofore imposed upon themselves so far as determinations of inferior courts and statutory tribunals were concerned , by drawing esoteric distinctions between errors of law committed by such tribunals that went to their jurisdiction , and errors of law committed by them within their jurisdiction . |
| 25 | ‘ in situations like the present the defendants ‘ are ’ the company in the sense that any offences committed by them in relation to the affairs of the company would be capable of being treated as offences committed by the company itself . |
| 26 | Hale justified the marital rape exemption in the following terms : ‘ The husband can not be guilty of rape committed by himself upon his lawful wife , for by their mutual matrimonial consent and contract the wife has given up herself in this kind unto her husband , which she can not retract . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ The private car was deliberately uncoupled , ’ he said , ‘ but we 're of the preliminary opinion that it was an act of mischief committed by someone in Cartier , the last place you stopped before Miss Lorrimore found the car was missing . |
| 28 | Whatever money 's left over that 's not been committed by you , if they find that they 've got fifteen hundred say , that 's not been committed by you at the end of the financial year , that will automatically go into deposit |
| 29 | Economists reckon that the real exchange rate of the CFA franc is now overvalued by anything from 20-60% , depending on the country . |
| 30 | The undramatic origins of my particular badges , as it were , have been forgotten by everyone except myself . |