Example sentences of "[vb base] [noun sg] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Around the harbour , fishermen 's tavernas still jostle side by side with the newer cafés and bars which have sprung up to cater for the younger market , and the main daytime activity seems to be relaxing over a quiet glass of something while watching the boats chug in and out . |
| 2 | To attract a female , the two males sit side by side and call . |
| 3 | ‘ That was the best ever , ’ she gasped as we lay side by side , our arms and hips touching lightly . |
| 4 | They lay side by side like effigies , both staring at the sky . |
| 5 | We lay side by side on the floor all over the house — there must have been a dozen or more of us , including nice old Ma Mi who was delighted to see us . |
| 6 | Exhausted they lay side by side watching the flames dance on the ceiling . |
| 7 | At the height of its development , two main temples lay side by side amidst other structures and were approached through some form of monumental gateway to the east . |
| 8 | Now , re-aroused , he curled his body to hers and slid into her lazily , as they lay side by side . |
| 9 | They lay side by side , doing their relaxation exercises — deep breathing and total muscular relaxation from the feet up . |
| 10 | Their bodies were covered in a mist of moisture as they lay side by side . |
| 11 | If you wish to avoid them , send payment by return of post . ’ |
| 12 | Beggars and bank managers squat side by side in a battered , broken office block , in a barn in the field next door and beneath sheets of plastic and bits of wood knocked up into makeshift shelters . |
| 13 | Separate male and female trees grow side by side , and the female tree produces enormous double nuts which may weigh as much as eighteen kilogrammes each . |
| 14 | Never send cash by post . |
| 15 | The Dwarfs are forced to watch the number of beard scalps grow day by day , while by night the pounding war drums of the Night Goblins and the screaming of captives haunts their sleep . |
| 16 | Only a handful of reporters now cover the inquiry , and their stories slip day by day down the news schedules , overtaken by fresh nightmares and by disasters which are simpler , easier to comprehend . |
| 17 | Isotope fractionation by maize grown across a 350–200μmolmol -1 CO 2 gradient in an additional experiment did not vary significantly with [ CO 2 ] ( B.D.M. et al. , manuscript in preparation ) . |
| 18 | Process List by location with local SHE contacts . |
| 19 | Meanwhile developing countries that are managing to trade , accumulate physical capital and grow year by year , are increasingly able to find the finance they need from private suppliers . |
| 20 | The issues involved in a healthy environment grow year by year . |
| 21 | 7 Where necessary send material by cab or messenger . |
| 22 | Send material by mini-cab if necessary and always phone back within 24 hours if there is any delay at all in providing the material . |
| 23 | Inherent competitive weakness in a state/local sector coalition may break down as some local firms seek advantage by alliance with foreigners . |
| 24 | Indeed , his insistence that punishments should only reflect the harm done to society and have nothing to do with subjective intent would seem to imply that the accident-prone should be treated the same as those who cause harm by design ! |
| 25 | Put side by side , the differences are obvious . |
| 26 | The two narrative modes walk side by side in bold yet relaxed society , and support each other in the face of the fact that Raskolnikov is shaking in his shoes . |
| 27 | The possibility of widespread internal and , indeed , export distribution by rail caused a major transformation in Hungarian agriculture from pastoral to cereal production . |
| 28 | Cut price by design |
| 29 | Wyn watched her lively , wise-cracking husband deteriorate day by day . |
| 30 | ‘ This man ’ — she took John 's arm — ‘ could shut his eyes and walk yard by yard in his mind-down any line he 's built . |