Example sentences of "by [pron] [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus my impulse to assist the injured animal may be overridden by my reminding myself that I am on my way to get married and am already late . |
| 2 | It was one of those events which at a crucial stage in one 's development arrive to challenge and stretch one to the limit of one 's ability and beyond , so that thereafter one has new standards by which to judge oneself . |
| 3 | While such a proposal might well serve large cities with many facilities , Clemenhagen argues it would also benefit isolated or rural hospitals because they would have standards by which to compare themselves with their counterparts . |
| 4 | There has never been an argument put by anyone to convince myself or people who have protested against the merger , a rational argument has never been put against what people have said that the merger is a rational way forward . |
| 5 | I saw once the head of a dear friend among the leaves and was less astonished at what first seemed an apparition than by his disentangling himself and in the flesh bidding his good morning , so accustomed was I to looking for my thoughts and news among the leaves . |