Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [pers pn] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nicandra led them by all the ways she had known and disregarded since childhood . |
| 2 | In their first game the Transvaal beat them by fifty runs . |
| 3 | It was hell again for Norman , who was crucified by Faldo in the third round of the 1990 Open at St Andrews , when they set out sharing the lead before Faldo hammered him by nine shots . |
| 4 | At the door , Xanthe took her by both hands and held her so hard Miranda felt her nails cut into the palms and her eyes met hers with a pale blue flare , as clear as her father 's , and as unassailable , as she breathed out , holding Miranda by her side , and turned to face her father across the room . |
| 5 | Simon the Trapper led them by devious paths to the lakeside hut . |
| 6 | Sweden more than doubled its crop area between 1840 and 1880 , Italy and Denmark expanded it by more than half , Russia , Germany and Hungary by about a third . |
| 7 | 5 Instead of multiplying a number by 42 , Jane multiplied it by 24 and got 432 . |
| 8 | Constanza shelved it by promising to take him to Rome after the war for some slap-up ceremony ; meanwhile they made do before a registrar . |
| 9 | Lieutenant Calley seized it by one leg , flung it back into the ditch and shot it . |
| 10 | Cardiff seized him by both arms , preventing his escape . |
| 11 | Though it was not the first hostile bid — Charles Clore and Isaac Wolfson beat it by several years — the aluminium battle was a prototype for future bids in which a buyer made an offer to the shareholders of a listed firm against the wishes of its managers . |
| 12 | Kirov held it by one comer , wiped it with his sleeve , and dropped it into the post box . |
| 13 | 8 Instead of multiplying a number by 98 , Julie multiplied it by 89 and got the answer 23,585 . |