Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They arrived with a flourish , laid the cases on the floor , opened them and dragged them around the room to be oh 'd and ah 'd over by the guests . |
| 2 | When you have thought about all these things , when you have fully absorbed into the darkest parts of your mind the sub-human horror of them , you will realize , must realize , with the blinding force of a revelation that I could not by the very nature of my soul be so implicated in such a maze of lust and filth . |
| 3 | Subject to some exceptions … it matters not that the doer of the act of usurpation did not know , and could not by the exercise of any reasonable care have known of his neighbour 's interest in the goods . |
| 4 | Existing claims against the unit shall not by the process of conversion automatically become due . |
| 5 | It has long been the case that where a company is would up by the court , the liquidation is deemed to commence at the date of presentation of the petition . |
| 6 | We have n't got enough Nice to get some work started on the eighth floor because of the different activities But then again with the activities that are carrying on on the seventh floor we ca n't By the time we get round to the ninth pretty desperate . |
| 7 | She asks why women can not by the same token ‘ wrench back some wordpower ’ . |