Example sentences of "by [v-ing] [pron] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Toothed whales usually travel in pods and hunt fish and quid by pursuing them at high speed . |
| 2 | " 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 . |
| 3 | There is another way in which we can inspect the growth of population , and that is by seeing it at work in all the various classes of society . |
| 4 | With regard to our overworked ( but ever smiling N.D.O. , , please help to improve the quality of her life by phoning her at home between the hours of 8am – 9am or during office hours . |
| 5 | Subscriptions to the quarterly HVA ‘ current awareness bulletin' may also be arranged by contacting her at the address given above . |
| 6 | Now you know the rules , set a good example to other drivers by using them at all times ; who knows , they may even copy your driving style and do it right too ! |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Testing the efficiency of strikes , kicks and punches by directing them at bricks and tiles is a standard requirement for passing a grade and being promoted to the next level of proficiency . |
| 9 | The galley was shaped like a three-sided square , and by parking himself at right angles to the double sink , his back to the companionway ladder , Nathan had her trapped . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Not only had they sent a tactless cable but , seeing it was 2 am in England , decided to save money by sending it at reduced rates to be delivered when the MCC office opened at 9 am . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ( v ) Adhere the cells on to their glass coverslips by centrifuging them at 500 g for 10 min at 20-C in a HB-4 rotor of a Sorvall RC-5 centrifuge . |
| 14 | A white dot is produced by printing nothing at all . |
| 15 | It was only when lapidaries had discovered how to release the fire of diamonds by cutting them at angles devised to admit and reflect the maximum amount of light that the coloured varieties of transparent stones were subjected to the same treatment . |
| 16 | It was even more important to know when evil gods would be in charge so as to avoid trouble as far as possible by doing nothing at such times . |
| 17 | We can split domestic labour 50–50 , but I 'm the one who 's going to feel defined by doing it at all . |
| 18 | And he employs a zig-zag training sprint which involves a series of passes before the player finishes off by flinging himself at a rugby tackle bag ! |
| 19 | Hyundai Electronic America 's Axil Workstations Inc is bent on conquering the slippery slopes of Sun Microsystems Inc Sparc cloning , and last week announced the Axil-220 , a MicroSparc knock-off of the Sparc Classic undercutting Sun by pricing it at $3,600 in single quantities and letting it run Solaris 1.1 as well as 2. x . |
| 20 | It was a fact that 4,000 British hostages were held by Saddam Hussein to be used as human shields by stationing them at places which might be attacked by the allied forces . |
| 21 | She recognised this and took care to build up his self-confidence by involving him at every stage of the planning for the move . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | We spent a great deal of time familiarizing ourselves with the music by playing it at subscription concerts and youth concerts . |
| 24 | Most football grounds now divide their rival fans by placing them at opposite ends of the ground and by preventing access between the ends . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Law conceived of the role of the leader in an exactly opposite sense from Balfour : he sought to foster unity by placing himself at the head of the discordant elements where Balfour had thrown the leadership on the side of restraint . |
| 27 | I 'll keep in touch with you by ringing you at home , if I may . " |
| 28 | He was never patronizing , and freely admitted that ‘ if I taught them anything , I certainly learnt ( as ) much by watching them at work . ’ |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | If no list has been registered , or the persons named have died , or ceased to reside in Great Britain , or refuse to accept service on the company 's behalf or for any reason can not be served , a document may be served on the company by leaving it at , or sending it by post to , any place of business established by the company in Great Britain . |