Example sentences of "[vb past] it by [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When international marketing first appeared as a distinct subject few writers described it by any title other than that . |
| 2 | We sold the residual sixteen years , approx , to a client represented by Harvey Gough & partners , who soon afterwards resold it by private treaty to a small company whose name I have not yet discovered , with the rumoured intention that it would be turned into a private nursing home . |
| 3 | Lieutenant Calley seized it by one leg , flung it back into the ditch and shot it . |
| 4 | ‘ I took it by popular demand , ’ said Kelly . |
| 5 | This failed and when the auction was over he sold it by private treaty ( agreement ) . |
| 6 | And Britain 's greatest-ever sprinter , aiming to become the oldest man in history to win the coveted crown , did it by humbling drug cheat Ben Johnson last night in front of 61,000 spectators and a worldwide television audience . |
| 7 | She did it by careful eating and taking more exercise and , whatever anyone else tries to tell you , that is the only way to be sure of losing weight . |
| 8 | 21 ) who explicitly rejected the ‘ classical doctrine ’ of democracy , according to which it embodies distinctive ideals concerning participation in political life and the relationship between political leaders and the people , and replaced it by another theory of democracy as ‘ competition for political leadership ’ : ‘ the democratic method is that institutional arrangement for arriving at political decisions in which individuals acquire the power to decide by means of a competitive struggle for the people 's vote ’ ( p. 269 ) . |
| 9 | Alexander 's interests and those of Athens were thus opposed ( which did not stop him from minting copiously in coinage designed for easy trade with Athens ) , and the opposition was inherited by every Macedonian king till Philip , who ended it by seizing Amphipolis for good . |
| 10 | Kirov held it by one comer , wiped it with his sleeve , and dropped it into the post box . |