Example sentences of "by [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly the Whitley was entirely surrounded by strange aircraft I learned later after much research that they were Fairey Foxes ) . |
| 2 | Barro is making the perfectly valid point that when the government incurs debt by issuing bonds it is acting as a mere go between on behalf of the private sector : the private sector is becoming more indebted to itself through the financial intermediation of the government . |
| 3 | So if your if you 're an elder it 'll be very difficult to get up those very steep steps etcetera so it 's got disadvantages now it 's been run all sorts of ways it 's was run you know it was run as a as a wine wine bar it was run as a restaurant it 's been run as a bar it 's been run as a stage door club but all this all these ways have been run by private individuals it 's not always been the trust that 's run it it 's been run as franchise all these people have great problems actually making profit out of it and making it suitable . |
| 4 | By that reckoning I can certainly count myself a ‘ real climber ’ . |
| 5 | No , since there was but one way in , by that way he must go . |
| 6 | There were now large numbers of sub-committee chairmen and within the narrow policy area covered by that sub-committee they were highly influential political actors . |
| 7 | Fired up by that ambition he turned the Supper on end , and began to squeeze burnt umber directly on to the canvas , spreading it with a palette knife until the scene beneath was completely obscured . |
| 8 | But whatever was lost for me by that death I still saw , and see , love as the only real world . |
| 9 | A misrepresentation by the accused that the law was such and such when it was in fact different , and by that misrepresentation he obtained property , will lead to a conviction of obtaining property by deception . |
| 10 | All too often , we are called to see foals which have been ill for 24 hours or more and by that stage they can be very sick indeed . |
| 11 | By that stage I was already working at the Canadian Embassy , and I let the staff buy some of the pictures from me , but again it was very cheaply . |
| 12 | Anyway , by that stage I was already pissed off after the result in Dublin . |
| 13 | By that stage I was as keen on it as she was . |
| 14 | By that method we fix our minds on some central point : we suppose it for the time to be reduced to a stationary state ; and we then study in relation to it the forces that affect the things by which it is surrounded , and any tendency there may be to equilibrium of these forces . |
| 15 | Reduced by that process he fell back into the void , the shrieking loneliness of the proud ego . |
| 16 | A cosy little nest of vipers sent here by that bitch you serve . |
| 17 | ‘ But because when we join up it will be on the back of a full weekend 's fixtures of FA Cup matches — and by that time they will have played 15 games for their clubs — I 've just asked them to keep a little compartment in their minds about England . |
| 18 | A week later he was dead , but by that time they had both been shipped off to England . |
| 19 | By that time they had all discarded their clothing . |
| 20 | By that time they were bad , so I told her I thought I was having a miscarriage . |
| 21 | Neither Laura nor Bernard were able to attend this ceremony as by that time they had exported themselves . |
| 22 | They 'll find themselves chartered to carry pig-iron and cheap tin trays , just like everybody else ; and by that time they 'll be down in the South Seas loading rainbows and moonbeams . |
| 23 | ‘ Unfortunately , by that time they could be HIV positive . |
| 24 | By that time we knew which creatures were most dangerous — the evil-tempered hippos , the unpredictable lone buffalo and the silent crocodiles . |
| 25 | Wicked but by that time we felt we deserved it . |
| 26 | By that time we both knew that enough was enough . |
| 27 | By that time we should have sorted out this business of the poison pen letter and you 'll be able to get back to a normal life again . ’ |
| 28 | On the dates that you 've anticipated if Mr comes back by that time we 'll be able to absorb the post , but it 's likely that he may move on from this , because it 's a fairly substantial move up . |
| 29 | By that time we were really longing to get back to England . |
| 30 | By that time we should have about I would say at least another ten thousand pounds in that account of yours . |