Example sentences of "by [v-ing] [noun prp] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prosecution then formally offered no evidence against Hewitt on a charge of obtaining pecuniary advantage by deception by helping Turpin fake a CV to get a job with Europarks and a not guilty verdict was recorded . |
| 2 | Touched by her husband 's bringing her coffee Frau Nordern was in a good humour , dismissing her own worries about the accident as mere alarmism stoked by Bodo , and tempering her authoritarian ways by letting Paul stay in bed for an extra fifteen minutes instead of , as usual , rousing him in the manner of a sergeant in charge of a penal battalion . |
| 3 | Military pressure on Mr Gorbachev to find a quick way of ending the war stems from a bigger worry : that , by letting America take over conduct of the war , the Soviet Union will see its influence suffer in the region , especially if American troops stay on once the fighting is over . |
| 4 | Marlboro and McLaren gained infinitely more publicity and a far better return on their money in terms of free advertising by letting James run loose . |
| 5 | The press agent succeeded by having Rockefeller give money to charity . |
| 6 | And Mr Ataie 's thesis that the British have a deep-seated reverence for war is too easily symbolised by having Penny make Remembrance Day poppies or court Sya in front of a military monument . |
| 7 | His one catastrophic mistake had been to try to settle the mystery for ever by making Harry disappear . |
| 8 | Organisers , conditioned to portraying the remarkable as routine , broke with tradition by making Edwards run with a health warning . |
| 9 | Evil is devious , it is trying to turn Good against Good by making Frodo try to give the Ring away . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've taken my revenge on his father , by making Hareton work for me . |