Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] by a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He singled out as the most significant object , a bronze mace 13½ ″ long in the form of the club of Hercules surmounted by a panel of figures in solid relief . |
| 2 | AMPLEFORTH entertained Mount St Mary 's on Saturday to lose by a penalty to a goal , a try and two penalties , the 16-3 result ending the run of three unbeaten Ampleforth teams . |
| 3 | We headed for the north Norfolk coast , careering through the bright afternoon until Edward parked by a staithe where a creek coiled across a salt marsh , and we all piled out . |
| 4 | There is a biography of Jasper Carrot which I can hardly wait not to read , there is a biography of Cliff Richard written by a woman who hugged him once 20 years ago ( ‘ I would have married him if he 'd asked me ’ ) . |
| 5 | But neither was ever in contention , as Chip Beck , one of last year 's American Ryder Cup team , regained the lead he had lost on Saturday to win by a stroke from Greg Norman and Mike Standly . |
| 6 | Glasgow design event based along the lines of Designers ' Saturday organised by a group of Glasgow designers and architects as part of the City 's Cultural celebrations . |
| 7 | The bulletin cited a number of examples , including the execution of five people in mid-May witnessed by a correspondent for the Reuters news agency . |
| 8 | In the corridor , Eloise paused by a console table ; a superb bluejohn vase with Louis XVI ormolu mounts was in the centre . |
| 9 | Bradford have been ordered by the Rugby League to get their outstanding third round tie against Widnes played by a week today at the latest . |
| 10 | The term 's application to this period originates in the Earl of Clarendon 's History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England produced by a Royalist during the Restoration to celebrate those who ‘ opposed and resisted that torrent ’ — rebellion being unqualifiedly equated with disorderly , uncontrolled catastrophe . |
| 11 | No record exists of his education : he may have attended the grammar school at Bury St Edmunds or a charity school in nearby Hawstead maintained by a kinsman , Sir Dudley Cullum , who became his brother-in-law in 1710 . |
| 12 | Cornelius signalled by a flicker of one eyebrow that he knew Harry had expected him to say the exact reverse . |
| 13 | The world-famous photo of the Beatles surrounded by a collage of celebrities is currently held by the son of Sixties photographer Michael Cooper . |
| 14 | As well as the famous ‘ Saint Anthony tempted by a heap of gold ’ , now attributed to the Maestro dell'Osservanza , a diptych by Paolo di Giovanni Fei and an ‘ Expulsion from Eden ’ by Giovanni di Paolo ( now in the Metropolitan Museum , New York ) , Perkins mentions a ‘ Madonna of humilty ’ in the style of Sassetta and two paintings ascribed to Matteo di Giovanni : a ‘ Virgin martyr ’ and a ‘ Madonna and Child ’ . |
| 15 | Competition for the award was hotly contested , but Newark won by a neck for improving All of their exhibits in one fell swoop ! |
| 16 | In a statement issued on March 28 the Mongolian Foreign Ministry announced that it expected Russia to abide by a March 1990 Soviet-Mongolian agreement which stipulated that all Soviet troops would withdraw from Mongolia by Aug. 30 , 1992 [ see p. 37318 ] . |
| 17 | For example , the tumour yields in the dimethylhydrazine group and the dimethylhydrazine plus small bowel resection plus calcium group were very similar but the distal colonic CCPR differed by a factor of ×2 . |
| 18 | And of course , the sheer sadistic titillation of A Clockwork Orange or Julie Christie impregnated by a power mad computer in Demon Seed . |
| 19 | With her penetrating instinct she did not like him , and was so angry with me for , as she said , ‘ wasting myself upon such rubbish ’ , that in the end she turned me out of my room and I went to live in a tiny , freezing attic in a house in Morningside Crescent owned by a friend of hers , a white woman . |
| 20 | As they reached the fire engines they were handed a print-out detailing the call : a road traffic accident in Trafalgar Square reported by a member of the public . |
| 21 | The implications of this action became clear ; the Junta declared the ports open to trade from every nation to which the Regency replied by a blockade ; in 1811 a Congress declared itself independent and decreed a republican constitution . |
| 22 | The Moluccas claimed by a party going westwards might belong to Spain . |
| 23 | A local trip freight pulls out in the direction of Staveley hauled by a class J69 on 16th June 1956 . |
| 24 | In a " second count " Currie 's votes were transferred to the two leading candidates according to the preference indicated by the elector on the voting paper , enabling Robinson to win by a margin of 86,000 votes . |
| 25 | Mr followed by a Mrs . |
| 26 | Together they sailed along the Thames accompanied by a flotilla of dinghies to present their bid to a Department of the Environment official at Westminster Pier . |
| 27 | That represents the publication of that infamous picture showing Johnny Bryan sitting by a poolside kissing Fergie 's toes . |
| 28 | A dusty doorway in a sidestreet off Carnaby Street flanked by a rack of intercom buttons opens onto a steep staircase . |
| 29 | Ena Brown , Ann Jones and Tracey Beale tied for second place ; Val Walton won by a point . |
| 30 | A week of expert talks , meetings and practical visits , based on the Institute of Sociology in the Kuskovo Palace complex in Moscow followed by a weekend in Leningrad sight-seeing and socialising included at £445 full board 19–30th March . |