Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] to [noun prp] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was being drawn in to Vietnam by the necessity of responding to developments there , in France , and in China , as well as on account of its own perceptions and its formulation of a general policy of containment . |
| 2 | Kildare , which has been handed over to Paul by the Irish Government for his famous Hole in the Wall Gang charity . |
| 3 | It is extremely probable that it was one of the many plants brought over to Britain by the Roman occupationary army to remind the legionaries , while they shivered in the damp foggy cold , of the warmth and dryness they had left behind at home . |
| 4 | The reports duly brought back to Joshua by the spies are very different from those of their ill-fated counterparts in Numbers 13 . |
| 5 | Its bark was brought back to Europe by the Countess of Chinchon , wife of the Spanish Ambassador in Peru . |
| 6 | Indeed , many of the indigenous plants and remedies , such as quinine , which were brought back to Europe by the conquistadores , contributed to the fundamental changes taking place in European medicine at the time . |
| 7 | As for the Crown of Sorcery , it was recovered and taken back to Altdorf by the Grand Theogonist of Sigmar who placed it in the deepest vault of the Temple to be guarded for eternity by powerful spells and iron locks . |
| 8 | This was found impossible , and the ship was worked back to London by the plaintiff and eight more of the original crew , with whom the agreement had been made at Cronstadt . |
| 9 | He was welcomed back to London by the Lord Mayor of Westminster , timing his return to 12,34 and 56 seconds in order to give a digital reading of 1234567890 . |
| 10 | We presented these twelve names , er , to the board of Pearsons erm , the board selected three er , we kept one in reserve and I was sent out to America by the board to see , er , the two , er , leading candidates . |