Example sentences of "by [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By that reckoning I can certainly count myself a ‘ real climber ’ . |
| 2 | No , since there was but one way in , by that way he must go . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But whatever was lost for me by that death I still saw , and see , love as the only real world . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Anyway , by that stage I was already pissed off after the result in Dublin . |
| 10 | By that stage I was as keen on it as she was . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Reduced by that process he fell back into the void , the shrieking loneliness of the proud ego . |
| 13 | A cosy little nest of vipers sent here by that bitch you serve . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | A week later he was dead , but by that time they had both been shipped off to England . |
| 16 | By that time they had all discarded their clothing . |
| 17 | By that time they were bad , so I told her I thought I was having a miscarriage . |
| 18 | Neither Laura nor Bernard were able to attend this ceremony as by that time they had exported themselves . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ Unfortunately , by that time they could be HIV positive . |
| 21 | By that time we knew which creatures were most dangerous — the evil-tempered hippos , the unpredictable lone buffalo and the silent crocodiles . |
| 22 | Wicked but by that time we felt we deserved it . |
| 23 | By that time we both knew that enough was enough . |
| 24 | 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 . ’ |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | By that time we were really longing to get back to England . |
| 27 | By that time we should have about I would say at least another ten thousand pounds in that account of yours . |
| 28 | Well by that time we 'll be into caravans wo n't we ? |
| 29 | No , I can only think , I think there was one game where he was available , but , he was a sort of a late availability and by that time we already had |
| 30 | And by that time she would be safely in Boston . |