Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pers pn] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I caught him by cute observation ; |
| 2 | I may say that despite my reputation of being trigger-happy where libel writs are concerned , I restrained him by all sorts of expedients . |
| 3 | richly into , for I knew him by these things . |
| 4 | I took her by both hands and I started to swing her in a circle , singing as I went , shouting the words of the song over and over again . |
| 5 | ‘ I took it by popular demand , ’ said Kelly . |
| 6 | After some wandering among nurseless cradles I recognized him by some unsuspected instinct — a pallid moustached old baby . |