Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can now consider that the new system of sponsoring foreseen by the Lawn Tennis Association no longer contains appreciable restrictions of competition and therefore the file will be closed . ’ |
| 2 | All pupils will be taught to swim by the age of 11 . |
| 3 | I became fascinated by the variety of ways . |
| 4 | I became fascinated by the variety of ways . |
| 5 | Though lithographs by Minton are few in number , he became fascinated by the medium , and on 24 November 1948 took part in a Third Programme broadcast on the subject , timed to coincide with the Victoria and Albert Museum exhibition , ‘ 150 Years of Lithography ’ . |
| 6 | As a boy , encouraged by my mother , I became fascinated by the mass of mostly unsorted papers lying in the cellars at Plas Newydd . |
| 7 | We did n't see any whales , sharks , or polar bears underwater , but I became fascinated by the cast of characters which made up the food chain in these waters . |
| 8 | Became fascinated by the pattern as they wheeled and changed direction . |
| 9 | However , ministers failed to agree by the end of June on a complementary Convention on External Frontiers harmonizing immigration policy . |
| 10 | It had stopped raining by the time they drew into the courtyard at Headquarters . |
| 11 | Those condemned to lose soon became irritated by the game ; and to the extent that the winners enjoyed the game , they ceased acting in a comradely spirit . |
| 12 | But a handful became captivated by the vision of an all-cleansing revolution . |
| 13 | Well again er I would say conditions were were terrible as far as I was concerned , er a as far as tea breaks and what have you were concerned , you did n't have any what we would call official tea breaks , you simply took your chances and made a cup of tea and hid behind a bulkhead or whatever to drink this , er if you got caught by the foreman or the manager or somebody , then you were more or less bagged on the spot . |
| 14 | The girls only stopped laughing by the time they had reached the convent gates . |
| 15 | An execution is deemed completed by the sale of the goods seized or by the making of a charging order under s 1 of the Charging Orders Act 1979 and an attachment of debt is completed by the payment of the debt ( s 346(5) ) . |
| 16 | The working party is expected to report by the end of March 1993 . |
| 17 | A separate Jockey Club inquiry into starting procedures , headed by Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles , is expected to report by the end of the summer when several changes are likely to be recommended . |
| 18 | A Jockey Club inquiry into starting procedures , headed by Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles , is expected to report by the end of the summer . |
| 19 | A separate Jockey Club inquiry into starting procedures , headed by Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles , is expected to report by the end of the summer when several changes are likely to be recommended . |
| 20 | It is further submitted that , as Parliament has intervened by the Act of 1976 in the matter of pre-natal injuries to unborn children , it should be left to Parliament to effect any further change in the law that may be thought necessary or to develop the law from where it was left by the Divisional Court in Ireland in Walker 's case . |
| 21 | As to the political secrets that the KGB has gathered by the basketful over the last 40 years , few seem to have made much impact on the monolithic structure of Russia 's political machine . |
| 22 | In any event , the idea that Lazarsfeld had discovered a ubiquitous method of social research has to fall by the wayside . |
| 23 | It is clear that all resistance to shearing has vanished by the time that the atoms are balanced on top of each other , which will occur when the whole material has been distorted in shear through an angle of 30° . |
| 24 | ‘ 3(1) Any assumption by a person of the rights of an owner amounts to an appropriation , and this includes , where he has come by the property ( innocently or not ) without stealing it , any later assumption of a right to it by keeping or dealing with it as owner . |
| 25 | ‘ 3(1) Any assumption by a person of the rights of an owner amounts to an appropriation , and this includes , where he has come by the property ( innocently or not ) without stealing it , any later assumption of a right to it by keeping or dealing with it as owner . |
| 26 | This result is probably implicit in the concept of appropriation ( or ‘ conversion ’ ) ; but it is made explicit by the provision in clause 3(1) that a person 's assumption of the rights of an owner ‘ includes , where he has come by the property ( innocently or not ) without stealing it , any later assumption of a right to it by keeping or dealing with it as owner . ’ |
| 27 | Section 3(1) deems there to be an appropriation where the accused " has come by the property ( innocently or not ) without stealing it " . |
| 28 | He has come by the property without stealing it and has later assumed a right to it by keeping it . |
| 29 | He moved to stand by the door , his head an inch from the wood . |
| 30 | The class structure is becoming dominated by the knowledge mercenaries who hire themselves out to the feudal barons of top management and state agencies , each of whom is as good as the last battle . |