Example sentences of "[adv prt] by [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Let us all down by looking like the poor relation ? ’ |
| 2 | Skilled negotiators avoid using irritators such as these and keep the emotional temperature down by sticking to the facts . |
| 3 | Do you slow other people down by driving in the rush hour ? |
| 4 | This was then immediately scrubbed onto a piece of scrap paper until the charge of paint began to run out ; at that point a thin scumble was quickly put down by stabbing with the brush tip onto the background colouring . |
| 5 | Is the top , I mean I broke , had to get in my own house when I locked myself out once when I 'd been in the garden and I , I just got in by leaning through the top window and opening the bottom window , so now I always lock the bottom windows , I do n't bother locking the top one I open it |
| 6 | While this is inefficient from the viewpoint of both the union and the firm , in that both could be made better off by shifting onto the contract curve , there is some justification in using a model where the union determines wages while the firm determines employment ( see Oswald and Turnbull , 1985 ) . |
| 7 | We started off by writing to the embassies in London and all of the embassies that we tried were very enthusiastic , but we were surprised a the first country that actually supplied a column was Hungary . |
| 8 | Erm , so , I 'm gon na start off by talking about the Local Government Unit , where it fits in the Council organisation . |
| 9 | Well , it 's ra , it 's set the the the the topic , the study , starts off by talking about the parable er , of the er , the prodigal son , and the prodigal son was , in these terms , rescued . |
| 10 | Once , my partner and I were not allowed to play on a vacant court , just because my friend had a brown sweatshirt on , and there was a veterans doubles match on the next court — we might put them off by playing on the vacant court ! |
| 11 | Finish off by tying with the hanging loose end , cut away the surplus , and tuck it up into the collar out of sight to leave a neat and tidy tie . |
| 12 | Each hospital admission is followed up by writing to the consultant concerned to obtain a copy of the discharge summary . |
| 13 | Rocastle has really messed up by talking to the press . |
| 14 | This would occupy a fraction of a second which would have to be made up by hurrying over the next group of semiquavers , and would sound breathless and hectic . |
| 15 | However , once the gun has gone they are not allowed to shut you out by sailing above the course to the first mark . |
| 16 | I 'm not going to bail him out by jumping into the car . |
| 17 | I took them to school for Sports Day and decided to try them out by sprinting across the school gymnasium , and I spiked up the wooden floor rather badly . |
| 18 | I tried to help out by looking at the putts , but he still did n't really need me . |
| 19 | I have suggested that what Gandhi may be trying to point out by referring to the convertibility of the terms means and ends in his teaching is that our ideals not only inform the ends we aim at but also the means we employ to reach them . |
| 20 | Bob is writing for a third ( ! ) attempt on his prostate gland , but seems to have got caught out by overspending on the part of the hospital involved , which has caused a delay in non-urgent ops . |
| 21 | Marie could look after the baby and I could help out by going to the shops for fags and milk and stuff like that . |
| 22 | Apart from this , children are out by going to the wrong side when a number is called out , if they unfreeze without being told or if they are the last one to do one of the organizer 's commands . |
| 23 | He could easily find out by groping for the clock , lifting it to his line of vision , and pressing the button that illuminates the digital display . |
| 24 | ( Sometimes you can write the word on a blackboard , and ask the child to rub it out by tracing over the letters with his finger . ) |
| 25 | Since the presumption of both ‘ meaning ’ theist and ‘ meaning ’ atheist is that each can understand and criticise what the other is saying , the main arguments for and against theism can be brought out by following through the position of either . |
| 26 | When we pointed the ending out to them , some said " You mean you can sometimes tell what a chapter is about by looking at the end " and others said " 0 Lord , how many times have I been told ! " |
| 27 | For a different strand of suspense , also brought about by going to the very edge , read the novels of Patricia Highsmith . |
| 28 | It is safe to move about by treading on the joists , but do not on any account tread on the plasterboard as it will give way . |
| 29 | Turning round by steering into the wind and stepping around the front of the mast . |
| 30 | We can see what went on by looking at the volumes of the annual Report of the Association ; for instance that of 1855 , containing the proceedings of the meeting at Liverpool in September 1854 . |