Example sentences of "[adv prt] by the [noun] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could this be your ring ? it was found down by the river with an ear-pick and a stiletto . |
| 2 | He had a deep yearning for those long-ago summer holiday afternoons spent on the lawns or down by the lake with the two Debrace children . |
| 3 | As he knelt down by the fire with a hare leg to gnaw , Farquhar Neas studied her again . |
| 4 | Somewhat surprising is the fact that the longest hours are not put in by the women with the largest number of children . |
| 5 | The occasional broadcasts had been taken over by the priests with their simplistic message of all-out war with the Hunters and , the more disturbing subtext , of the people needing to repent and place their fate in the hands of the Prime Mover . |
| 6 | A TINY island rich in wildlife , scenery and history is to be taken over by the RSPB with the help of a £400,000 appeal . |
| 7 | But in many cases of recording factual information , opinions , attitudes and even physical characteristics ( such as domestic facilities within a house ) , work done by the schedule designer before the questions are asked , or the observations made , can be repaid a dozen times over by the ease with which subsequent analysis can then be carried out . |
| 8 | Thus , if a subsidiary company is sold off by the group with surrendered ACT , it ceases to be available for offset . |
| 9 | Subjects that they care about are fended off by the pupils with the familiar complaints that they are ‘ boring ’ or ‘ stupid ’ . |
| 10 | They got drunk and tried to carry off the women , and were fought off by the bridegroom with his Lapiths and his bosom-friend , the Athenian Theseus . |
| 11 | A social fund set up by the government with the World Bank would provide US$400 million for sectors of the population most vulnerable to the effects of economic reform and would help create employment for workers displaced by the Gulf War . |
| 12 | According to December reports in the Bolivian press , the number of public employees would be reduced over the next five years by over 35 per cent under a programme drawn up by the government with the World Bank . |
| 13 | A bank of information is also being set up by the Panel with a view to helping those with disabilities at the Bar . |
| 14 | A critical factor appears to be the enhanced influx of external calcium which is taken up by the stores with two consequences . |
| 15 | NOW that the worst of winter is about to set in , there 's no better way to while away those long , dark evenings than curled up by the fire with a good book . |
| 16 | Select committees were set up by the House with full powers of investigation . |
| 17 | The transaction 's commercial object was that the Prudential would acquire a development being carried out by the developers with funds provided by the Prudential . |
| 18 | They felt that they were ‘ not getting on ’ with their craft work or were ‘ held back by the students with severe learning difficulties ’ . |
| 19 | The restriction on supplies from the Middle East brought on by the clash with the Egyptian government of Abdel Nasser was so serious that petrol rationing had to be introduced . |