Example sentences of "[vb pp] by [noun prp] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Behind him was Marjorie Grey , in her green anorak , surrounded by Franks the poodle , Macintyre the elderly Border collie and Stroud the unstable Staffordshire terrier . |
| 2 | The white ground has the effect of making light seem to emanate from within pictures like the great Picardy Coast Scene with Children — Sunrise owned by HM the Queen or A Fishmarket near Boulogne from the Yale Center for British Art . |
| 3 | That it should have been modelled on the Temple of Solomon may seem at first sight presumptuous , but it was an age that relished allusion , and Solomon , son of David , was of royal descent , anointed by Zadok the priest , and the king par excellence . |
| 4 | This is not to deny that Branagh is at his best as a performer in Henry 's most anguished outpouring , his prayer to the god of battles before Agincourt ; here Branagh the actor is least hampered by Branagh the self-publicist . |
| 5 | Many of the remainder were absorbed by McCorquodale the printers . |
| 6 | For a long time it was thought that this Gospel was written by Matthew the Apostle . |
| 7 | The birthday princess was serenaded by Phil the year she turned down the offer of a party from Charles . |
| 8 | Attractions include : Rockingham Castle built by William the Conqueror ; Althorp House , ( family home of the Princess of Wales ) with magnificent paintings and porcelain ; Castle Ashby which has extensive landscaped gardens open to the public ; Sulgrave Manor , ancestral home of George Washington ; and the delightful Canal Museum at Stoke Bruerne . |
| 9 | Built by William the Conqueror on the site of an earlier fortification . |
| 10 | Built by William the Conqueror in thanks for his victory over King Harold — legend has it that the high altar marks spot where Harold died from an arrow through his eye . |
| 11 | The story will be illustrated by examples of Castles in Northamptonshire , in particular from Rockingham itself , built by William the Conquerer as a royal fortress and regularly used by the Kings and Queens of England for 400 years . |
| 12 | Built by Edward the Confessor , of sufficient strength to withstand a siege , it housed an almonry where the alms of the abbey were distributed and an abbey church built above it in the form of a cross . |
| 13 | So well known were the acquisitive instincts of Roger-Bernard III , count of Foix , by 1300 that the treason charges made by Philip the Fair 's proctors against Bernard Saisset , bishop of Pamiers , included allegations that Saisset had promised to make Foix lord of the comté of Toulouse in 1295–7 , so that his power would then be feared from Bordeaux to the Pyrenees . |
| 14 | For instance , all the coins made by Richard the Lionheart and his brother John carried the name of their long-dead father , Henry II . |
| 15 | But the letter was intercepted by Amiroutzes the Emperor 's Chancellor , who deduced that the prince Uzum Hasan wished to rear a child of the blood to lead armies one day against Trebizond . |
| 16 | The abbey was founded by William the Conqueror to celebrate his victory over King Harold and as an atonement for the loss of life suffered in the battle . |
| 17 | The principal of the William Booth Memorial College in Denmark Hill , which had been opened by Bramwell the year before Eva 's birth , had other ideas . |
| 18 | Kielder Water , the largest man-made reservoir in Europe , surrounded by the largest man-made forest in Europe , was opened by HM The Queen in June 1982 , and has been developed into a major water-sports centre . |
| 19 | Bury , reformed in Cnut 's reign , and Westminster , patronised by Edward the Confessor , may have gained much of their endowment during the eleventh century , but otherwise the Domesday picture was probably very similar to that which faced Cnut on his accession . |
| 20 | The very splendid spades provided for the tasks were last used by H.M. The Queen and Prince Philip . |
| 21 | When Brihtric 's daughter was wooed by Godwin the agreement made at Kingston in Cnut 's presence was recorded in triplicate : one copy was deposited at Christ Church Canterbury , and the second at St Augustine 's , but Brihtric himself kept the third . |
| 22 | The scrums started well enough but when hooker Kenny Milne was injured and replaced by Corcoran the problems started . |
| 23 | It was pouring with rain , so we dolled ourselves up in wet-weather gear and swayed like Michelin men back down the lakeside path nicknamed by Stuart the Yellow Brick Road . |
| 24 | The reason for including R in the picture is that , at least in all existing organisms , successful recombination requires the presence of enzymes , which in turn must be coded for by genes ; it is such a gene that is symbolized by R. The symbol r in Figure 5 represents a gene which is ineffective in bringing about recombination . |
| 25 | One , seldom more than three feet high and called by Ray the Dwarf Red Rose , had small flowers and rounded buds which before opening appeared ‘ as if they had been clipp 'd with Scissars ’ . |
| 26 | Yet it is one thing to be abandoned by the God of our forefathers and another is to be abandoned by God the inventor of a cosmic computer . |
| 27 | Enjoy a ride in a cart , pulled by Peter the shire horse who spends his days in a stable at Llanthony Yard . |
| 28 | It leaves me speculating that Havel the artist is unlikely to be displaced by Havel the politican . |
| 29 | According to Muslim reports , the preachers used visual adds : " Among other things they made a picture showing the Messiah , and an Arab striking him , showing blood on the face of Christ — blessings on Him ! — and they said to the crowds : " This is the Messiah , struck by Mahomet the prophet of the Muslims , who has wounded and killed him . " " |
| 30 | one of the giants slain by Jack the Giant-Killer . |