Example sentences of "by [v-ing] [pers pn] at the " in BNC.
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1 | " I tell you what — I do n't think I can do any more by seeing him at the moment , but I think you should cut out his meat completely for a week or two . |
2 | Subscriptions to the quarterly HVA ‘ current awareness bulletin' may also be arranged by contacting her at the address given above . |
3 | He preferred the sort of woman who put her foot in it with grammar and things ; that way he could feel superior by correcting her at the time and having a laugh at her expense later with his male colleagues . |
4 | Next Computer Inc is going try to stage a NeXTWorld Expo without leaning on Uniforum by holding it at the same time like it did last year . |
5 | The agendas for the above 3 meetings will be issued in due course , but it is not intended that the reports should be circulated again ; spare copies of the reports are available for members , by telephoning me at the undernoted extension . |
6 | Bismarck 's aim was simply defined : to make Prussia the dominant state in Germany by putting her at the head of the vague movements for some form of unification which had arisen within the Confederation . |
7 | Procedures and functions do not need to be declared before they are used and there is no speed advantage to be gained by placing them at the start of the program . |
8 | Section 123(1) of the Insolvency Act 1986 provides that a company is deemed unable to pay its debts if a creditor ( by assignment or otherwise ) to whom the company is indebted in a sum exceeding £750 then due has served on the company , by leaving it at the company 's registered office , a written demand ( in the prescribed form ) requiring the company to pay the sum so due and the company has for three weeks thereafter neglected to pay the sum or to secure or compound for it to the reasonable satisfaction of the creditor . |
9 | If he then requires bailiff service the bailiff serves the summons by delivering it at the said address and by delivering it to the person having , or appearing to have , control or management there alternatively to a partner personally . |