Example sentences of "[adv prt] [vb past] by the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 one point five and that 'll give you an answer which you will write down followed by the word million .
2 They crept up the stairs but ca n't have got more than half way up when our cat , Pete , came scurrying down followed by the chopper and the lump of wood .
3 After a short pause to watch us , she passed on surrounded by the Lord Lieutenant of Dorset and other local dignitaries .
4 Kylie 's support for the green crusade was formed during her childhood years growing up surrounded by the abundance of natural beauty in her native land .
5 In one recent interview , the pock-marked organ-player fell apart so drastically , he wound up huddled by the fire barely able to form a coherent sentence .
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