Example sentences of "[noun sg] by [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Challenging the expert by suing him for negligence , where it is the expert , rather than the decision which is being challenged , is dealt with in Chapter 14 . |
| 2 | Pauline began the Meeting by thanking everyone for attending the important meeting before lunch and for their concern for our future . |
| 3 | The unguarded nature of the latter , which was never worked over by Thomas , provides occasional glimpses of the youth who left St. Paul 's after his seventeenth birthday in order to achieve a twofold purpose : ostensibly to please his father by attending a few practical evening classes and in the day by preparing himself for some form of Civil Service clerical post , while privately , he sought the freedom of a young nature-writer who was determined to collect his papers into a book . |
| 4 | They applied the well established ploy of neutralising the troublemaker by proposing him for the position of chairman , where he is obliged above all to be impartial . |
| 5 | She would die by her own hand before the man she was approaching so unflinchingly had the chance to dishonour fitzAlan 's name by using her for his amusement . |
| 6 | The big companies surely miss a chance by doing nothing for the club . |
| 7 | The big companies surely miss a chance by doing nothing for the club . |
| 8 | Confuse a waitress by asking her for a Big Mac and chips ? |
| 9 | Hopefully , however , there will be plenty of others sailing , and you can learn a lot by watching them for a while . |
| 10 | Mr R. Melbourne of Loughborough wins our first £25 award by asking you for a list of those clubs who have won the old First Division title and also played in the Fourth Division . |
| 11 | I tried running but gave up after two paces , and then went from meditation to mental arithmetic , calculating the length of each step by counting them for each revolution of the wheel . |