Example sentences of "[vb base] by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sleep by the fire , you , I 'm going to bed . ’ |
| 2 | When I 'm really unhappy I eat chocolate and raw bacon and sleep by the fridge . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Interesting place you 've got here , Mr Blufton , ’ commented the sergeant politely , awestruck by the amount of dosh the man had to afford such a place . |
| 4 | The statement cited the Dec. 2 massacre by the Army of 16 peasants , and the wounding of 24 others , in the town of Santiago Atitlán 70 km west of the capital Guatemala City , as " an illustration of escalating violence that continues to mark out this country " . |
| 5 | Names are entered into the suspects index by the Home Office , MI5 , Interpol , HM Customs and Excise and the Foreign Office . |
| 6 | I take the point Chairman , and , and suggest by the criticism we will try and get more explicit detail in the future . |
| 7 | The Deterrers were gradually drawn into the relentless escalation of the weapons race by the logic of their beliefs . |
| 8 | A slight body shift by the defender is undoubtedly the best form of defence against a strong punch from a much bigger and heavier opponent , though the defender should always have a backup block ready , in case the attack is only diverted , not completely sent off course . |
| 9 | Yet others , living in the rain forests inland , rake up fallen vegetation into mounds fifteen feet high which keep their eggs warm by the heat of decay . |
| 10 | The lowest line shows what happens if you deflate by the rise in NHS salaries and prices . |
| 11 | It is well known that trees grow by the addition of rings , usually ( though not always ) annually . |
| 12 | The basis of dendrochronology lies in the fact that , in temperature climates where there is a contrast between the seasons , trees grow by the addition of an annual ring . |
| 13 | Heath has proposed an alternative ‘ fullerene-road ’ scheme in which fullerenes are formed in the size range of 30–40 carbon atoms and grow by the addition of small carbon radicals . |
| 14 | That I had suffered neither Radiotherapy nor Chemotherapy made my fraudulent feeling grow by the minute . |
| 15 | I shall hide until nightfall and eat the raspberries that grow by the stream . |
| 16 | say by the way Jim you could have fixed that boiler take everyone off the pipes |
| 17 | They say by the end of the year NeXT and Microsoft will probably be the only companies not part of COSE . |
| 18 | IN THESE PAGES I want to discuss the possibility that the goal of theoretical physics might be achieved in the not-too-distant future : say by the end of the century . |
| 19 | Such cats can become a real problem if their rigid daily routine is upset — say by the death of an elderly owner . |
| 20 | Like you say by the time the sun comes round ? |
| 21 | So , say as , say erm , say by the time you 're you 're probably , mm , I du n no , thirty . |
| 22 | For instance to this is an assumption that although we are going to have a shortfall on the collection fund , again because of good housekeeping we believe that this action is what people want by the charge payers of the city and again that in this financial year it can be taken out of the . |
| 23 | He went on to say : ‘ Student numbers in Scotland have increased by a remarkable 25 per cent since 1983 to nearly 110,000 and we fully expect by the end of the century that more than 40 per cent of young Scots will enter higher education . |
| 24 | Guy Sterne 's sun-bronzed form was visible on a sun-lounger by the azure swimming-pool , impressive in Raybans and brief black swimming-trunks . |
| 25 | We we used to have lots , they used to go my father used to put er a a bird a bird trap er bird second time to catch and we used to pluck them and and them and roast by the fire you know . |
| 26 | Overcome by the romance of the setting , she did what she had always promised herself she would not , until Nicky had done so first . |
| 27 | Consultancy agreements tying Wilson and Carby to Allied Dunbar expire by the end of this month . |
| 28 | Ford 's call charges are the same as its competitors ' , but it adds the benefit of half-minute billing ; some companies still charge by the minute . |
| 29 | Some firms charge by the hour , roughly between £6.50 and £10 ; others by the job , which can work out at about £80 to £120-plus for a four-hour clean |
| 30 | He kept the fixtures list by the phone . |