Example sentences of "[noun] by [v-ing] them [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They laughed and joked all the time , and deliberately exhausted their guards by making them walk too fast . |
| 2 | Not just smear the KGB by making them seem callously careless in their shooting . |
| 3 | Our civilization has at least this to its credit , he wrote , that it has found a way of rounding up this dishonest crap and incarcerating it in morgues , in fortified places with guards and alarm bells and the rest , thus keeping it off the streets , protecting decent citizens , and now , he wrote , there are even moves afoot to repel intruders by making them pay hard cash to enter these fortified places . |
| 4 | He was accused in a pamphlet , written by the historian Count Nikolai Tolstoy and circulated by Nigel Watts , a property developer , of deceiving the Yugoslavs by letting them believe they were going to Italy . |
| 5 | This means that , even if it were possible to deal with free-riders by making them breathe dirty air , it would be economically inefficient to do so . |
| 6 | Although you may be able to fob off your opponent by letting them have a copy of your accounts ledger , you should not be in a position where you have to write off for copy receipts ; all these documents should be properly filed . |
| 7 | The tactic is to draw speculators ' fangs by making them commit capital to buying put options . |
| 8 | Additional revenue could be obtained by the Exchequer from this source and it would deter demand for imported goods by making them appear expensive in our shops . |
| 9 | In this way , we 're starting to get away from the dangers associated with monopolistic suppliers and purchasers , because it 's less easy for large organisations to circumscribe their trading partners by making them use a particular EDI network . |
| 10 | The worker should make strenuous efforts to help parents exercise their rights fully , for example by helping them obtain legal advice , and only after these steps have been taken , should a final agreement be signed . |
| 11 | As long as you hold yourself well and do n't embarrass people by letting them think , ‘ Oh he 's so thick ’ or ‘ his ways are so silly ’ , you 're all right . |
| 12 | THE central plank of the bill is the curb on the country 's biggest industrial polluters by making them use the best available technology to cut discharges . |
| 13 | They say they 're just trying to stretch brighter pupils by letting them use facilities not available at most primary schools . |
| 14 | The best thing to do is to channel this concern in a positive way by helping them practise revision and exam techniques at home . ’ |
| 15 | Games which pressurise weak spellers by making them write words quickly are not good for them . |
| 16 | There was the hope that modest constitutional change might attach the middle classes to the established institutions of the country by making them consider the House of Commons as an ultimate tribunal where their grievances could be discussed and remedied . |