Example sentences of "[verb] it by [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm if you 're going to use =thing something like that in the exam I mean there 's no reason why you should n't use that multiplying it by one point whatever the percentage is . |
| 2 | erm Listeners will probably know that there has been for many years what 's called the Schools Council , which has looked at erm curriculum matters and examination matters , and a year or so ago it was decided to discontinue the Schools Council , and to replace it by two successor committees , one the School Curriculum Development Committee , which you 've already mentioned and which I chair , and a parallel committee concerned with examinations , the School Examination , sorry the Secondary Examination Council , which is chaired by a mathematician , Sir Wilfred Cockroft . |
| 3 | Er , she gets that for every ten pounds she 's got to spend , so you multiply it by three point eight , yes ? |
| 4 | Lieutenant Calley seized it by one leg , flung it back into the ditch and shot it . |
| 5 | Kirov held it by one comer , wiped it with his sleeve , and dropped it into the post box . |