Example sentences of "by [v-ing] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prosthetists with amputations noted that patients could be discouraged by seeing them cope so well . |
| 2 | Or perhaps it was that he had not wanted to turn Bertha 's disappointment with her daughters into bitterness by seeing him show too much interest in his son . |
| 3 | By seeing yourself open as a chalice , a channel of cosmic energies , you reduce the risk of becoming drained as a result of drawing on your own energy reserves . |
| 4 | Why , for instance , does Peggy not get satisfaction instead from trying to eradicate the difference between herself and Boris , e.g. by helping him reach the answer himself rather than telling him ? |
| 5 | POWER UP PETE , the kid from the street , is giving away FIFTY Super Nintendo consoles PLUS 50 fabulous new Scope light guns , and you can win them — by helping him save the world . |
| 6 | You can all be scientists today by helping me do some magic science tricks |
| 7 | And think what good you 're doing by helping me fulfil all Uncle 's requirements for getting hold of my inheritance . |
| 8 | Almost always , by helping them stay in their own homes — not only by providing the necessary cash , but also by helping them to obtain all the entitlements to which they are due . |
| 9 | The working hypothesis reached by the counsellor has to be transferred to the counsellees , not through direct transmission , but by helping them achieve their own insights . |
| 10 | The best thing to do is to channel this concern in a positive way by helping them practise revision and exam techniques at home . ’ |
| 11 | The worker should make strenuous efforts to help parents exercise their rights fully , for example by helping them obtain legal advice , and only after these steps have been taken , should a final agreement be signed . |
| 12 | Therapy will aim to reduce the guilt of such people by helping them to decide whether they will continue to practise oral sex , and , if so , to lessen the conflict within them by helping them accept the activity as pleasurable and human and not highly deviant . |
| 13 | Glasgow offers an excellent Higher Education infrastructure and the Agency 's Technology Programme aims to build on this strength by helping it develop stronger links with key high technology companies . |
| 14 | The Graduate Enterprise Programme can change that by helping you jump each hurdle , rather than letting you in for the high jump . |
| 15 | 'In other words , ’ said Codron , ‘ we were responsible for totally mucking up this woman 's entry into womanhood by letting her see Loot . ’ |
| 16 | You 've never been higher than Number 42 ’ , but Prof Eno sorted it out by letting her organise the singalong . |
| 17 | By letting me go , she is merely increasing her power , for she is outmartyring my martyrdom . |
| 18 | Two American girls offered to help costs by letting me share their hotel room — an offer no ‘ gentleman ’ could possibly accept . |
| 19 | Leith had almost finished her second course when , quite happy to let Travis talk away , she suddenly wondered , as he began to get repetitive , if she was indeed helping him by letting him talk so much on the same theme . |
| 20 | He appeared to risk very little by letting him live . |
| 21 | Something about Adam Burns told her he had great powers of perception — she 'd do her own case no good at all by letting him know how deeply unsettling she found his questions . |
| 22 | In addition it warns Sun that it is alienating its customers by not letting them apply their corporate discounts to the Classic and by letting them perceive Sun as turning its back on its established technical clientele to pursue the commercial marketplace . |
| 23 | As long as you hold yourself well and do n't embarrass people by letting them think , ‘ Oh he 's so thick ’ or ‘ his ways are so silly ’ , you 're all right . |
| 24 | One of the most common ways of providing training for intermediaries is by letting them observe and work with a trained searcher . |
| 25 | He was accused in a pamphlet , written by the historian Count Nikolai Tolstoy and circulated by Nigel Watts , a property developer , of deceiving the Yugoslavs by letting them believe they were going to Italy . |
| 26 | They say they 're just trying to stretch brighter pupils by letting them use facilities not available at most primary schools . |
| 27 | Although you may be able to fob off your opponent by letting them have a copy of your accounts ledger , you should not be in a position where you have to write off for copy receipts ; all these documents should be properly filed . |
| 28 | Place your left hand on his or her forehead or , if you prefer , support the head by letting it rest in your left hand . |
| 29 | Noise/horror undoes the self by confronting it with the other that dwells within it , the monstrous potential latent in us all , waiting to be catalysed by an extreme predicament ; what I 've called the new psychedelia undoes the self by letting it drift off and disappear into the otherwordly . |
| 30 | He started the car by letting it run downhill — Maxim had insisted they park so that there would be no give-away noise of the starter- and drove steadily for several miles . |