Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Insults apart , the kernel of the argument was that , whereas More considered the Scriptures to be committed to the Pope and hierarchy for interpretation , Tyndale believed that they belonged to every Christian , who would be guided in understanding them by the spirit of God . |
| 2 | Richard was quite correct , as technically speaking they were all in harbour , in addressing them by the names of their craft . |
| 3 | Any proceeds in year 1 are also present values , but those in succeeding years are discounted by multiplying them by the fraction given at the appropriate year in the chosen rate of interest column in the tables . |
| 4 | Any proceeds in year 1 are also present values , but those in succeeding years are discounted by multiplying them by the fraction given at the appropriate year in the chosen rate of interest column in the tables . |
| 5 | Then he moved , brushing past Ward , and at that moment Iris Sunderby reached out , seizing me by the shoulder and letting out a scream as she fell to the ground , pulling me down on top of her . |
| 6 | He moved with incredible speed , seizing her by the shoulders and propelling her towards the closed door , a hard violence etching the bones of his face into a mask that would have just done justice to a Viking warrior at his most rapacious . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's a mug 's game , ’ he said , seizing her by the wrist . |
| 8 | She instantly jumped into the boat in which her father was seated , and seizing him by the breasts of his coat , motioned him to return to the shore . |
| 9 | Farrar s sentimentality may be excessive but we may envy his freedom to recognize and express childhood affection as well as childhood aggression ( ‘ I 'll kill you for that , ’ said Barker , leaping at Eric , and seizing him by the hair' ( ibid . |
| 10 | Multiple use of easier-to-get conventional credit cards could have the effect of removing the present credit limit long-stop defence against overspending , without replacing it by the specially stringent customer vetting process which unlimited credit surely needs . |
| 11 | Using enormous restraint , she stalked her prey [ or nearly half an hour , and only when she was certain did she leap from her crouching position and bring down her quarry , seizing it by the throat and suffocating it . |
| 12 | Observing that " governments of the world stand in danger of sabotaging the hope of a new era of human rights " , it asserted that " some are sabotaging it by the violations they commit directly , others by the selectivity with which they exert their influence " . |
| 13 | I have no doubt about it that the government are urging us at this moment , er I I am concerned about that , they are urging us by the er |
| 14 | The old Committee look forward to seeing you by the Robinsons pump at 12.00 or the Theakston 's Old Peculier pump at 3.00pm on the 17th August at Docklands Arena . |
| 15 | Aleksandrova rather confusingly calls the northern and southern belts arctic tundra and subarctic tundra , separating them by the 6°C July isotherm . |
| 16 | ‘ Hugh , ’ she whispered , grasping him by the arm , ‘ you have returned at last ! ’ |
| 17 | Jean was pulling him by the hand towards the dance . |
| 18 | Without warning he grabbed her tennis racquet — which she 'd been swinging so nonchalantly and grasping her by the scruff of the neck , pushed her roughly over the back of a chair . |
| 19 | ‘ What 's the sudden hurry ? ’ he growled , coming up beside her and again grasping her by the elbow . |
| 20 | the earths it comes out of so they 're selling it by the bottle in Germany . |
| 21 | He had been ‘ much pleased ’ with the suggestion , ‘ but was deterr 'd from improving it by the greatness of the subject … |
| 22 | And you got the odd look but it was n't too severe because at least though they had no clothes on at least you were holding them by the waist . |
| 23 | I know it 's gon na cost sending them by the way . |
| 24 | Still holding him by the ears , the Trunchbull lowered him back into his chair behind his desk . |
| 25 | Duvall was still holding him by the throat . |
| 26 | All the while the cameraman is walking backwards the assistant cameraman walks behind him , holding him by the waist and steering him round children 's bicycles and feed-troughs . |
| 27 | Taking his curtain calls after a successful speech , he drew her to him by the hand and entwined his arms with hers until she gently shook him off , whereupon he enjoyed his triumph for a while manfully alone , until he again resorted to his wife Glenys , going to fetch her , leading her again by the hand , and holding her by the waist . |
| 28 | With Roy holding her by the arms she walked up his body until , reaching his shoulders , she flipped over and landed on her feet , screeching with laughter . |
| 29 | He was still holding her by the scruff of the neck . |
| 30 | Her step , which had begun in unaccustomed buoyancy , began to shrink ; soon , she was trudging round and round with dispirited tread , and her hanging head became so weary that her neighbour , Elisabetta , holding her by the arm , dug her elbow into Rosalba 's ribs to bring her to . |