Example sentences of "[adv prt] by [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | THE CHOICE of Sardinia — now confirmed as the venue for the opening stages of England 's 1990 World Cup campaign — satisfies the requirement laid down by Britain 's Minister for Sport , Mr Colin Moynihan , that these matches ought to be played ‘ on an island where the problem can be contained . ’ |
2 | The boy knelt down by Philip 's wreck of a trap . |
3 | Of all the Royal Family , it is the Queen Mother who has felt most let down by Fergie 's behaviour . |
4 | US invasion bogged down by Noriega 's resistance . |
5 | ‘ What is it ? ’ he said , crouching down by Prentice 's side . |
6 | There was a distinct possibility that it could sink without trace , weighed down by listeners ' indifference , or , of course , it might possibly cause a public outcry , disgusting not merely Tunbridge Wells . |
7 | On a loose rein however , slowed down by Theodora 's seat and guided by her legs , he began after a bit to do better . |
8 | They set the wheelchair down by Carlie 's footstool . |
9 | Sucked in by Japan 's juggernaut economy , they take the jobs disdained by an affluent Japanese workforce . |
10 | It is blatantly obvious here that Mitch has been taken in by Blanche 's deception . |
11 | A few of the women , coming back from the shore , were drawn in by Mairi 's screaming . |
12 | Mr James was brought in by Eagle 's creditor banks — the group has debts of over £80m — and has been given until the end of next year to turn the business around . |
13 | But the main force of transports , along with the fleet intended to escort it , was still hemmed in by Hawkes 's blockade . |
14 | She had been quite taken in by Sandra 's invention . |
15 | And Arsenal manager George Graham last night warned his men not to be taken in by Leeds ' run of seven games without a win , saying : ‘ This is going to be the most open Championship race for years and I 'm taking no notice of people who are writing off Leeds . |
16 | The man 's too bowled over by Dysart 's politics to be of the slightest — ’ |
17 | Clive Allen missed one great chance six minutes before half-time when his snap shot from inside the box , following a superb pass by Julian Dicks , was brilliantly tipped over by Bees ' keeper Graham Benstead . |
18 | Bowled over by Vail 's powder paradise |
19 | The long struggle by popes and bishops for celibacy among the clergy was not over by Innocent 's pontificate . |
20 | The 1985 demonstrations were triggered off by Japan 's intention to commemorate the ‘ Mukden Incident ’ of 1931 , which marked the beginning of their annexation of north-east China . |
21 | The Software Foundation had originally planned to do the work internally , after none of its members or founders volunteered , scared off by IBM 's experience of integrating the Management Environment 's companion piece DCE , the Distributed Computing Environment . |
22 | OSF had originally planned to do the work internally , after none of its members or founders volunteered , scared off by IBM 's experience integrating DME 's companion piece DCE , the Distributed Computing Environment . |
23 | Ramsey , formerly put off by Eden 's drawl , was at first put off by Macmillan 's blear-eyed appearance and puffy eyes . |
24 | The Hong Kong contract is a boost for Transpotech , the marketing company set up by Britain 's Transport and Road Research Laboratory . |
25 | There was also a political element in that the criticisms contained an implicit condemnation of the extraordinarily large and powerful business empire built up by Suharto 's family and close associates . |
26 | ORIGINALLY ON the German Rough Mix label and now sensibly picked up by Sheffield 's Warp label , this one 's been around for a while now and has been described as potentially the next Gat Decor . |
27 | Discussions are being held up by Germany 's insistance on the involvement of a national body to help decide on any major takeover . |
28 | The feelings of the copyright libraries when they hear these words is best summed up by Bodley 's Librarian himself : |
29 | AN autograph hunter claims he was beaten up by Madonna 's boyfriend and left covered in blood . |
30 | This would lead to a balance of payments crisis and devaluation , coupled with domestic inflation as wages were bid up by employers ' demand for labour . |