Example sentences of "by [v-ing] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By kneeling on the pavement , we could see the two furnaces being stoked but this innocent pastime was cut short by the boilerman who swore at us ! |
| 2 | It would have been customary to allow the animal its own head , and to hold on to the last truck , or hitch a lift by hanging onto the end . |
| 3 | Reduce the distance to the ground by hanging from the wall , look down to your landing space , and as you drop , push yourself away to avoid bashing into the wall . |
| 4 | John puts himself at risk by hanging from the bannister ( line 13 ) . |
| 5 | He had even tried to stretch himself by hanging from the limb of a tree by his hands until the skin on his palms was blistered . |
| 6 | Scrambling to his feet , he tested the floor at his feet by stamping with the heel of his uninjured leg . |
| 7 | The baton is , however , necessary at the Opéra , where large choruses are frequently sung in the wings … it must not be thought that such a distant group of singers can hear the orchestra , however numerous : each person sings in his neighbour 's ear , and I have sometimes surprised myself by singing off the beat and incorrectly conducting [ conduisant ] the chorus surrounding me . |
| 8 | One does this best by collaborating with the child , by discussing his or her difficulties and successes , and by talking about the contents of the book . |
| 9 | As far as I understand from the gossip there 's nothing 'll come out of it by goin' to the polis ; it 's got to come from Parliament . |
| 10 | However , he begins , after a fashion that is less rare with him than is commonly supposed , by apologizing for the impressionism that supplies him with the terms he needs : |
| 11 | Divorce , prostitution and women 's emancipation were designated as outside the parameters of political discourse , and MPs customarily prefaced speeches on these topics by apologizing to the house for intruding on parliamentary time . |
| 12 | By submitting to the cabinet the so-called Mosley Memorandum of 1930 , he brought matters to a head . |
| 13 | Although the Nursery is only a small unit , it is very much a part of the whole School and can therefore give to those pupils in the upper Senior School , who intend to pursue a child-orientated career , the opportunity of contact with young children by assisting in the nursery on a regular timetabled basis , while the Nursery children can benefit from their contact with their older ‘ brothers and sisters ’ within the Heriot 's Community . |
| 14 | By assisting in the development of the research base represented by present and potential DORCISS members and to the professional development of staff in these centres , DORCISS aims to make a contribution to th overall vitality of economic and social research within the UK . |
| 15 | The company also launched SystemView Information Warehouse DataHub , a series of software products for simplifying database management tasks by assisting in the integration of database management tools and managing remote databases tasks . |
| 16 | The company also launched SystemView Information Warehouse DataHub , a series of software products for simplifying database management tasks by assisting in the integration of database management tools and managing remote databases tasks . |
| 17 | That turkey has got one chance of avoiding jail , just one , and that chance is by proving to the judge that he 's cleaned up his act . |
| 18 | They do this by sucking on the hair and twisting it . |
| 19 | The children had bloomed in the soft Devonshire air , completely winning the heart of Mrs Bryant , even if they drove Mr Bryant wild by sneaking into the kitchen garden and eating all his prize raspberries ! |
| 20 | Having been a teacher for over 30 years it might seem strange that I should begin a book on primary education by reflecting on the significance of schooling . |
| 21 | By seeing in the catalogue and er |
| 22 | Edwards , who celebrated his 26th birthday on Sunday , missed the World Championships in Tokyo last year because he refuses to compromise his religious believes by competing on the Sabbath . |
| 23 | However , addition of a synergist such as triphenyl phosphate ( TPP ) can overcome this resistance , probably by competing with the malathion and saturating the carboxylesterase enzyme ( Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology , vol 17 , p 149 ) . |
| 24 | Lymphocytes that enter the site could achieve this by competing with the invader , thereby lowering the level of nutrients and raising the level of the products of metabolism locally , for example making the environment more acid . |
| 25 | It complements course racing , since when conditions are too severe to lay a course offshore the slalom competition can be run within 200m of the beach , with marks being laid by wading into the surf . |
| 26 | I wonder whether the same delusions of accuracy exist with things like the Volhard titration and its questions of whether the sliding endpoint is best avoided by filtering off the silver or adding nitrobenzene . |
| 27 | Thus , books ( and such materials as instruction videos ) continue through life w support physical development , latterly by helping in the improvement of sports and other leisure skills . |
| 28 | We might do it amongst our family , we can do it er by you know helping within the family , you can do it by helping in the community , all sorts of different ways . |
| 29 | They had some support in Parliament , but their strength lay outside it , and their strategy was to mobilize this support , through demonstrations , petitions , and by organizing within the army . |
| 30 | At first I heard only a few calls ; within ten minutes , at least twice as many animals were calling , and , by circling about the pool , I observed that a steady stream of spadefoots was coming from all directions to the breeding area . |