Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] by [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There must be many who are touched to the heart by that phrase ‘ earthly father ’ and yet who do n't believe a word of the novel 's religion ; just as , and more obviously , Raskolnikov 's kissing the dirt in the middle of the Haymarket does n't stand or fall by Dostoevsky 's Soil Philosophy . |
| 2 | But I would hope to reinscribe all of this knowledge within Gide 's narratives of sexual liberation without surrendering or denying their affirmations — I was about to say tenderness — and to do that in part by acknowledging that it is a knowledge implicit in or enabled by Gide 's own transgressive crossing of some forbidden boundaries . |
| 3 | At church , at the pub , or sitting by Dermot 's roaring peat fire , she would catch a glimpse of her father as he once was , before his life turned sour — expansive , smiling , good-humoured . |
| 4 | Bowyer was drunk , Benjamin lost in his own thoughts or seduced by Rachel 's flattery , Mandeville and Southgate were revelling in the manor 's hospitality whilst Santerre , whose conduct was suspicious to say the least , played the role of smiling host . |
| 5 | Despite his many sales of things from Douglas Cooper 's collection , a substantial amount of art remained , much of it in Switzerland , where it was looked after and catalogued by Billy 's curator , Dorothy Kozinski . |
| 6 | The centre was christened in July with an adult education summer school and a series of master classes aimed at the professional caterer and taught by Jermey 's Shanghai Institute of Tourism counterpart chef Xu Zhengcai , on his first visit to Britain , and Professor Dai Xin-Huan , his colleague and interpreter . |
| 7 | In particular , the Commander of German forces in Spain , General Sperrle , and the Chief of Staff of the Condor Legion , Lieutenant Colonel von Richthofen , were becoming increasingly perplexed and irritated by Franco 's reluctance to intensify the northern offensive . |
| 8 | In Northern Ireland , the Belfast Regional Survey and Plan ( 1963 ) , prepared by consultant Robert Matthew , adopted the general redistributive policies over a city-region scale for overspill population to satellite centres ; it was updated and revised by Stormont 's own Regional physical development strategy ( 1975 ) . |
| 9 | Anne was surprised and fascinated by Penny 's earthy language , delivered in the same plummy voice . |
| 10 | The price is around £478 and catering by Milburn 's Restaurants Ltd ( 0225 444477 ) is around £12 per head . |
| 11 | The sultan , afraid of Russian support for the Serbs , and shaken by Karadjordje 's military victories , agreed to terms laid down by Serbia in September 1806 . |
| 12 | A quarter of a million wooden barrels once stood in the cooperage yard at St. James 's Gate , and each and every one of them was handmade and mended by Guinness 's own coopers . |
| 13 | The slogans on buildings round the square and carried by workers ' groups reflected his new thinking . |
| 14 | But also which reflects the style of the original , and that means the for instance in the second sentence , no , third sentence , for by fairness they feed the sight and pleaseth the smell by odour and touch by self han , by soft handling . |
| 15 | The inaugural exhibition , ‘ Fashion and History : a Dialogue ’ , is curated and installed by Katell le Bourhis , the former Met curator who has since become the director of Musee des Arts de la Mode et du Textil in Paris . |
| 16 | " How dare he , that despicable atheist ! " cried Harry , both indignant with the Magistrate and gratified by Lucy 's response . |
| 17 | But another historian calls him one of James II 's ‘ Whig collaborators ’ : he avoided Monmouth 's rebellion , distrained on three rebel tenants , and in 1688 was appointed JP and nominated by James 's electoral agents . |
| 18 | For her it became a cloying and pallid countryside , tamed and weakened by man 's attempts to prettify nature but , in 1947 , she thought it the pleasantest spot in the world and she was delighted to be there . |
| 19 | So we have had to classify viewing and listening by respondents ' reports of their ‘ regular ’ behaviour in March 1987 . |
| 20 | Betty had embarrassed her exceedingly because , seeing that the Molesworths were dismayed and repelled by Lydia 's uncompromisingly exotic appearance , she had explained that Lydia was a most brilliant journalist . |
| 21 | A signing ceremony was held in Beijing and attended by China 's Foreign Minister Qian Qichen and his South Korean counterpart Lee Sang Ock , during the latter 's official visit to China on Aug. 23-25 . |
| 22 | There was an element of incongruity with his own behaviour , of course : de Gaulle had himself deserted in 1940 , and had been tried and sentenced by Vichy in absentia . |
| 23 | He was most hurt and angered by Tersteeg 's policeman-like dismissal of Sien as ‘ that woman and child , ’ and he worried that the scene might have affected her milk . |
| 24 | Geoffrey had been cheated of his rights ; Louis was alarmed " and angered by Eleanor 's choice of a new husband , particularly since she had not asked for his consent despite the fact that he continued to style himself " Duke of Aquitaine " and regarded her as his ward . |
| 25 | It was engineered and produced by Mercury 's vintage team comprising Wilma Cozart Fine and Harold Lawrence ( producers ) and Robert Fine ( balance engineer ) . |
| 26 | Here we have a stunning solo set of 14 songs including four Coltrane tunes ( Crescent ) [ and alternative take ] ; Lonnie 's Lament and After the Rain ) , standards ( All the things you are : I should care ; Willow weep for Me ) and tunes by Tyner 's influences and friends ( Bud Powell 's Bouncin' with Bud and Dexter Gordon 's Tivolo ) and a quintet of songs by Tyner himself . |
| 27 | This had been scheduled to open earlier in the year but had been pre-empted and postponed by Falkenhayn 's attack at Verdun . |
| 28 | With sadly impaired health and frustrated by Rossetti 's reluctance to commit himself to marriage , and his too apt inclination to infidelity , she resorted to ever-increasing doses of laudanum . |
| 29 | In the late 1860's , Rohde , a sensitive and highly intelligent person , was Nietzsche 's closest friend and so kindred a spirit that ambitious , albeit abortive , joint plans were regularly mooted : a collaborative book on Greek literature in 1868 or a year studying together in Paris ( scheduled for 1869 and frustrated by Nietzsche 's appointment at Basle ) . |
| 30 | Created during the five months which the artist spent in Santa Fe at the end of last year and the beginning of this year , they are executed in oil inks applied by brush or rollers and smudged by Healey 's hand , their veils of rich colour capturing the mood of , rather than representing , the broad landscape of New Mexico and its dawn and dusk effects . |