Example sentences of "by [v-ing] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The temptation to say the coin caused the bar to come out can be explained by seeing it for the ordinary cause that it was , and of what event it was the cause , and of what nearby event it was not the cause . |
| 2 | She would die by her own hand before the man she was approaching so unflinchingly had the chance to dishonour fitzAlan 's name by using her for his amusement . |
| 3 | This privilege must not be abused by using it for something which is not a point of order . |
| 4 | Pauline began the Meeting by thanking everyone for attending the important meeting before lunch and for their concern for our future . |
| 5 | She intended to plead her own nervousness and her desire not to be destined for public exhibition and planned to finish by thanking him for the compliment of his request and wishing him well in finding a more practised model . |
| 6 | I ca n't think of anything else so I 'll finish by thanking you for all your hard work . |
| 7 | Occam gives extra scope for this because it is a parallel language : one can improve a program not only by reducing the overall amount of calculation , but also by configuring it for the ( possibly parallel ) machine on which it is to be run . |
| 8 | They keep upsetting customers by pushing them for money . |
| 9 | TIP : Test unknown materials by soaking them for several days . |
| 10 | Challenging the expert by suing him for negligence , where it is the expert , rather than the decision which is being challenged , is dealt with in Chapter 14 . |
| 11 | When you show disapproval to a dog , reinforce this by ignoring him for a time . |
| 12 | This means we can test ( x 1 , … , x n ) for efficiency in VMP by testing it for optimality in LP* ( x 1 , … , x n ) . |
| 13 | He ended up by selling it for £500 to Mr Staples , from whom he originally bought the site for the same sum . |
| 14 | Children grew disobedient when they knew that they could not be set aside : farmers were ousted of their leases made by tenants in tail ; for , if such leases had been valid , then under colour of long leases the issue might have been virtually disinherited : creditors were defrauded of their debts ; for , if tenant in tail could have charged his estate with their payment , he might also have defeated his issue , by mortgaging it for as much as it was worth : innumerable latent entails were produced to deprive purchasers of the lands they had fairly bought ; of suits in consequence of which our antient books are full : and treasons were encouraged ; as estates-tail were not liable to forfeiture , longer than for the tenant 's life . |
| 15 | Her position is that the person who calls on Osiris or Krishna or Buddha with a pure heart receives the Holy Spirit within his own tradition and not by abandoning it for another . |
| 16 | Confuse a waitress by asking her for a Big Mac and chips ? |
| 17 | He sounded depressed by the thought , but then cheered himself up by asking me for a beer . |
| 18 | ‘ By asking you for the answer . |
| 19 | Mr R. Melbourne of Loughborough wins our first £25 award by asking you for a list of those clubs who have won the old First Division title and also played in the Fourth Division . |
| 20 | The big companies surely miss a chance by doing nothing for the club . |
| 21 | The big companies surely miss a chance by doing nothing for the club . |
| 22 | ‘ I hate cocaine , ’ he said finally , and he surprised me by saying it for the Maggot had always struck me as one of life 's rebels . |
| 23 | The boys are furious when the police break their own rules by arresting them for public order offences while they are fighting on their home ground . |
| 24 | I tried running but gave up after two paces , and then went from meditation to mental arithmetic , calculating the length of each step by counting them for each revolution of the wheel . |
| 25 | He opted for the latter route and took up the gauntlet he saw set before him by steeling himself for a career as a boxer , a career in which he distinguished himself as a man of immense resolve and purposefulness . |
| 26 | Its efficacy could then be assessed by substituting it for the dictionary definitions in the overlap program . |
| 27 | The unguarded nature of the latter , which was never worked over by Thomas , provides occasional glimpses of the youth who left St. Paul 's after his seventeenth birthday in order to achieve a twofold purpose : ostensibly to please his father by attending a few practical evening classes and in the day by preparing himself for some form of Civil Service clerical post , while privately , he sought the freedom of a young nature-writer who was determined to collect his papers into a book . |
| 28 | Could she have missed it by mistaking it for one of the panelled wardrobes ? |
| 29 | By nominating you for a building society mortgage under the Support Lending Scheme which is designed to help first-time buyers . |
| 30 | Begin by watching yourself for half an hour each day as if you are a stranger . |