Example sentences of "they [be] [verb] it by " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It 's a great tournament but they are ruining it by making it too tough .
2 James responded by supporting the role of the merchandisers , of whom he said , ‘ I do not think they are changing the LA image — I can only think they are enhancing it by ensuring the best level of stock service to the shops . ’
3 the earths it comes out of so they 're selling it by the bottle in Germany .
4 They 're doing it by the .
5 You , you , you may come across er legislature like this but you , you would n't be sure , when you they 're justifying it by saying that this is natural , this is a progression in er a historical progression and that in fact that it 's a erm it 's only because the , the landlords were , were sort of evil and nasty to us that , that i it , that they , this is happening .
6 Several London children who had been allocated to secondary education in a grammar or central school found , after they were evacuated , that they were denied it by the absence of such provision in their reception area .
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