Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [verb] it by " in BNC.
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| 1 | and it keeps on cutting out , that 's why I 'm stopping it by the way . |
| 2 | So she said well do n't do n't put them down again I 'm doing it by the computer . |
| 3 | if you ask a subordinate to write you a report explain that you are expecting it by a specific date and always with a one page management summary |
| 4 | You are likely to be looking for the relation between the variable part of the text ( called the INDEPENDENT VARIABLE because you are manipulating it by making changes ) and the variation in the response of the reader ( called the DEPENDENT VARIABLE , because it depends on the variation , or changes , made to the text ) . |
| 5 | You 're dividing it by ten or you 're of-ing , times-ing , multiplying it by one tenth , it 's the same thing . |
| 6 | One if you 're increasing it by forty five percent if it was a hundred percent and you increase it by forty five hundred percent |
| 7 | You 're heartlessly manipulating your mother into believing that we 're about to embark on a long and happy marriage , and you 're doing it by manipulating me . |
| 8 | If you 're doing it by calculation , you pick one corner and draw tr |
| 9 | That will be a highly competitive environment and we are entering it by jettisoning investment , research , design , development and all the other attributes that would allow us to compete in that market . |
| 10 | While schools are attempting to get away from the system , we are formalising it by offering five different levels of funding . |
| 11 | Consider , he says , that when we speak of the existence of a sensible thing we mean that we are perceiving it by various of our senses , or could perceive it were we suitably placed . |
| 12 | We do n't know if this has finished him , we 're playing it by ear . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It 's his birthday , Monsieur Armand , but I 'm afraid we were spoiling it by having a political discussion . ’ |
| 14 | Yes , with , with the wine we were subsidising it by about one fifty last year , shall I put it up to five fifty this year ? for members . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's a great tournament but they are ruining it by making it too tough . |
| 16 | James responded by supporting the role of the merchandisers , of whom he said , ‘ I do not think they are changing the LA image — I can only think they are enhancing it by ensuring the best level of stock service to the shops . ’ |
| 17 | the earths it comes out of so they 're selling it by the bottle in Germany . |
| 18 | They 're doing it by the . |
| 19 | You , you , you may come across er legislature like this but you , you would n't be sure , when you they 're justifying it by saying that this is natural , this is a progression in er a historical progression and that in fact that it 's a erm it 's only because the , the landlords were , were sort of evil and nasty to us that , that i it , that they , this is happening . |
| 20 | Several London children who had been allocated to secondary education in a grammar or central school found , after they were evacuated , that they were denied it by the absence of such provision in their reception area . |
| 21 | The Handmaid 's Tale is director Volker Schlondorff 's first American feature , and he 's done it by the book . |
| 22 | He 's starting it by purpose . |
| 23 | Peter round here , sort of , he 's losing it by now , er , Peter got his best shirt and tie on . |
| 24 | He was holding it by the bridle a minute or two later . |