Example sentences of "[vb past] by [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Huddersfield 's Clem Stephenson had the ability to beat the offside trap of the old-style full-backs ; that it was possible to beat the stopper Chapman showed by pointing to the example of Robert Gurney . |
| 2 | All the tension Gascoigne had been suffering was suddenly released , and he celebrated by sprinting to the sidelines . |
| 3 | To this end the workshop began by referring to the information leaflet which accompanied the workshop . |
| 4 | SAVE began by writing to the Department of Transport setting out the importance of the park , only to be told that a large number of representations had been made in favour of the proposed route . |
| 5 | The latter responded by writing to the then minister of health , saying : ‘ It seems to me intolerable that employees of the Health Service should openly criticise their health authorities in this sort of way . ’ |
| 6 | He responded by explaining to the chairman of the committee , the fashionable playwright and military man John Burgoyne , how he had entered Murshidabad the capital of Bengal as a conqueror and how bankers and jewellers had rushed forward to thrust presents on him ; and , he concluded , as he thought back to the moment of triumph , ‘ By God , Mr. Chairman , I stand amazed at my own moderation . ’ |
| 7 | He concluded by appealing to the people of Russia for support . |