Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [adv prt] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Orwell 's socialism would reflect the democratic virtues characteristic of the English working class — ‘ the genuinely popular culture … that goes on beneath the surface , unofficially and more or less frowned on by the authorities . ’ |
| 2 | Across at 20/562 is the Buquoy Palace , once lived in by the widow of Count Karel Buquoy , a general of the Imperial troops at the Battle of the White Mountain in 1620 . |
| 3 | Under the 1987 Philippines Constitution , once the existing bases agreement expired , " foreign military bases , troops or facilities shall not be allowed in the Philippines except under a treaty duly concurred in by the Senate [ upper house of parliament ] … and recognized as a treaty by the other contracting state " . |
| 4 | Consequently , the rule now laid down by the House of Lords is that where in construing a consolidation Act |
| 5 | Maybe it 's in the re-discovered Viking city , now covered over by the Civic Offices . |
| 6 | The expression of conditions of existence , so often insisted on by the illustrious Cuvier , is fully embraced by the principle of natural selection . |
| 7 | Once , I remember , she even lay down by the garden gate . |
| 8 | The concept of political freedom , which is now so frequently bandied around by the coiners of political slogans , was , so far as we know , first developed in Athens in the fourth century BC where at least two-thirds of the population had the status of chattel slaves . |
| 9 | After cleaning , it was displayed in the department and immediately snapped up by an excited young Australian . |
| 10 | I asked him , ‘ Have you got any old letters in the attic ? ’ and he said ‘ Yes ! ’ ’ , is his mildly amazed recall of this historian 's jackpot — one which he then capitalised on by a determined digging out of all the other surviving relatives , enabling the construction of the definitive Shrewsbury family tree in the book . |
| 11 | Reserved offers are subtracted from the maximum offers to be made and then added in by the Co-ordinator as used up . |
| 12 | All the same , the military parade was the best of the show , with thousands of troops goose-stepping past the mausoleum , massed bands marching and counter-marching as they played , but then drowned out by the roar of armoured hardware . |
| 13 | Catherine blew her nose , then sat down by the fireplace . |
| 14 | I washed and shaved and had breakfast , then sat down by the window and read the morning newspaper . |
| 15 | Nigel Martyn , the goalkeeper he bought from Bristol Rovers for £1 million , has turned out to be a snip , his acrobatics saving the day when United penetrated Palace 's back four , newly shored up by the strapping Andy Thorn . |
| 16 | The two youngsters found the going much easier this time , with the way ahead lit up by the bobbing light of their new-found ally 's powerful flashlight . |
| 17 | KEROSENE , fierce guitar quintet recently snapped up by the Dead Dead Good label , take time out from recording their debut EP with Neds/MC4 producer Jessica Corcoran to play Colchester Hippodrome on September 14 . |
| 18 | KEROSENE , West Didsbury outfit recently snapped up by the Dead Dead Good label , play |