Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] by the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By showing things-as-they-are , then showing them penetrated by the catalyst , the agent that embodies the will-to-change . |
| 2 | But the Pope kept quiet and the atrocities went on , many of them supervised by the followers of St Francis . |
| 3 | I passed by the field of a sluggard , |
| 4 | Kenneth checked in and , conscious of several pairs of curious eyes , I posed by the fireplace trying to look haughty and English and thinking how good my sombrero and black rubber raincoat looked against the red brick . |
| 5 | On a crazy impulse , I knelt by the bunk , hands together , eyes tight shut : ‘ Dear Heavenly Father , please … ’ |
| 6 | I wandered by the shore towards the harbour |
| 7 | At Kingsdale I stopped by the road and had a bite to eat before striking off up the fell to Whernside , following the wall that leads upwards towards the summit . |
| 8 | ‘ Someone came by the house with a loudhailer but I could n't hear it properly . |
| 9 | Pascoe said , ‘ Someone troubled by the past . ’ |
| 10 | During a quick wander round the accessible parts of the ship at the end of the evening I noticed a wonderful old binnacle , preserved from the former Royal Yacht , Victoria and Albert , and before leaving I rested by the quarter deck rail to listen to the ship 's Royal Marine Band play classical selections on the quayside . |
| 11 | My respected landladies , who are the double-distilled quintessence of considerateness and island hospitality , would think all good would leave their abodes if a dweller beneath their roof left fasting , so , in spite of all my entreaties to the contrary , a cup of tea was prepared to forestall my start ; and as I walked by the river-side and reached a road that skirts a number of very massive peat-stacks , and displays on the landward side an interminable host of peat-pits , the geniality of the sunshine was felt , and I would gladly have slackened my pace were it not that by so doing my good friends at Gress ( some eight miles from Stornoway , where I was due at eight o'clock , if I remember rightly ) , might have waited breakfast for me . |
| 12 | To assist the class with their tasks : the teacher as the learner , someone taught by the class , an apprentice , a deckhand , a new recruit . |
| 13 | I mean sometimes do it very cleverly but what I 'm saying is I want to illustrate what I meant by the words never used message . |
| 14 | I went by the Galerie de Diane and then down the stairs leading to the basement in the Pavillon de Flore where I followed the underground passage , badly lit — but where were the kitchens ? |
| 15 | Most solicitors are finding that a number of receipts issued by superiors or their agents are not completed by being signed in terms of Form 2 of Schedule I prescribed by the Act for redemption receipts . |
| 16 | I said oh I said by the way Steven will be round this afternoon to video . |
| 17 | For three days , I waited by the hotel pool , watching young Nicaraguan girls practice the cha-cha for a beauty contest , with a media fixer named Paco who had lived and worked in Managua for ten years . |
| 18 | I waited by the house and I saw you come home from school . |
| 19 | I sat by the phone and rang as many of them as I could , reassuring the ones who were home . |
| 20 | I sat by the fire knitting and er he said , I can see . |
| 21 | I sat by the fire and read the file twice , then I went back into the kitchen , made myself some more tea and a chicken sandwich and sat at the table , eating the sandwich and thinking about things . |
| 22 | From Keld to Wain Wath Force was a quarter-mile of road-walking and , leaving the road below the force , I sat by the bridge on the track to West Stonesdale Farm with my milkless tea and sandwiches . |
| 23 | So I I sat by the side of this other car for about five minutes you know ? |
| 24 | I stayed by the vehicle , wondering what to do . |
| 25 | Rather than watch them go , I stayed by the sink and gazed out over the playing fields . |
| 26 | I had another coffee ; I was confused , irritable and dizzy as I stood by the buffet and watched the station cleaners , suddenly desperate to be on my way before tiredness made me change my mind . |
| 27 | So I stood by the vice for quite a time and then I went to pick something up , turned round , told you , you do that you 'll do nothing else . |
| 28 | I stood by the window staring out into the foggy darkness , taking deep breaths to try and stifle some hollow feeling of new disease . |
| 29 | I stood by the window and waited . |
| 30 | I stood by the door feeling very nervous . |