Example sentences of "by [adv] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And little by little they came to see the great Christian doctrine that eternal sin must be , in the very nature of things , eternal punishment or eternal misery . |
| 2 | A second hour went by , while little by little I abandoned hope first of one bus connection , and then of another , until there were footsteps and a small thin man hurried in , pushing back the strands of hair which had plastered themselves across his forehead . |
| 3 | Little by little I learned Leslie 's recent military history . |
| 4 | At first Leonora 's body convulsed with shudders as she wept , but little by little she grew quieter . |
| 5 | But little by little you 've remembered . |
| 6 | Little by little he dropped hints , but no details . |
| 7 | Little by little he freed himself from the control of the political groups , at the same time successfully exposing their divisions and their increasing isolation . |
| 8 | To be back in Hartlepool by 3.15pm he has to leave Hull by 11am on Sunday . |
| 9 | It was then we saw that the small rescue boat from the lifeboat was standing by so they had obviously not thought much of our chances . |
| 10 | We thought it more appropriate than saying , sponsored by so we put their arms . |
| 11 | As his family began to grow , money was hard to come by so he became a clerk for his family and John cannily gave dressmaking work to his new daughter-in-law to help them survive whilst getting good value for money for himself . |
| 12 | She explained : ‘ In the present climate jobs are very hard to come by so I thought , why not start up my own business ? |
| 13 | It does n't say when it 's supposed to be paid by so I think we might forget it for now . |
| 14 | By 3.45pm he had washed 45 cars — plus a passing police car and the fire engine ! |
| 15 | By 8am they have been joined by over 50 more , and at least 80 vehicles . |
| 16 | By tonight we want to be in a position to win the match in the Singles … " |
| 17 | By 8.45am I 've picked out his feet and brushed him off , mucked out , prepared hay , water and evening feed and left them ready . |
| 18 | By 3,500BC they had settled with livestock ; they grew barley and erected dolmens . … |
| 19 | By now they knew that we were slightly mad and waved us through . |
| 20 | And by now they knew she was not . |
| 21 | But this was no more than the beginning ; for by now they knew very well that there were French knights fighting with the Scottish companies , and in fair numbers , too , and the south of England had been warned to look to its defences in case of a direct assault from across the channel . |
| 22 | Perhaps by now they 've asked some other budding young artist to do a new painting for that wall . |
| 23 | I sent a junior nurse in there with them to referee , but I expect by now they 've got her pinned to the wall , ’ Kath told him . |
| 24 | Perhaps by now they had been totally cowed . ) |
| 25 | I went up to Scotland where by now they had dug the hole for this second plant and it looked absolutely enormous . |
| 26 | By now they had reached the end of the Gardens , and found several people admiring the view across the river . |
| 27 | By now they had walked some distance along the Haymarket , and were on the edge of Piccadilly Circus where Dr Neil was relieved to see that Stair 's party had disappeared and the crowds there had grown less . |
| 28 | In fact , he said by now they had begun to get on each other 's nerves . |
| 29 | Cloudberries rudus chamaemorus , are numerous along the path and by now they have their orangery red fruit . |
| 30 | By now we felt ready to re-address the Mercurey problem , and suggested the wine waiter taste the ‘ unusual , original ’ and generally off-the-wall liquid for himself . |