Example sentences of "[verb] to [pron] by [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Candidates must now set up personal machines manned by workers attracted to them by their individual qualities and stands on the issues with little or no reference to party loyalty . |
| 2 | Peter Catherwood finally snapped when the child referred to him by his second name . |
| 3 | Peter Catherwood finally snapped when the child referred to him by his second name . |
| 4 | Financially astute , Alice cultivated people like the financier , Sir Ernest Cassel [ q.v. ] , and is said to have realized a considerable sum by the sale of certain rubber shares presented to her by her royal lover . |
| 5 | Her passion for Jane Austen , of course , had been revealed to me by her own writing . |
| 6 | You did not learn that from mortal man ; it was revealed to you by my heavenly Father . |
| 7 | He was n't shocked by what he had been told ; he was astonished that it should have been said to him by his own daughter . |
| 8 | Scouse would give you time and date according to information supplied to him by his previous customers . |
| 9 | I WOULD like your readers to know that I am aware of their letters to Sunday Life and their concern about money owing to them by my former company C H Enterprises . |
| 10 | M E Tralbaut recounts the story of Vincent 's actual departure from Belgium 's black country , as told to him by his old friend Louis Piérard , who knew the widow of the pastor of Warquignies well . |
| 11 | This book has been written with the objective both of making knowledge gained by research more easily accessible , and of demonstrating how in the course of providing services practitioners can use the knowledge and add to it by their own skill and commitment . |
| 12 | On the one hand , while two-thirds of the females were introduced to heroin by their male partner , that is , husband or boyfriend , none of the males were introduced to it by their female partner . |
| 13 | Italian International was introduced to us by our Italian office . |
| 14 | A child is not born for reasons and it will not fit even the prettiest box assigned to it by its determined providers . |
| 15 | Many of the cases , such as Seager v Copydex ( 1967 ) 1 WLR 923 , concerned actual or threatened breaches by ex-employees in relation to information given to them by their former employers , and where they wanted to exploit it to their own benefit . |
| 16 | This time , and during subsequent visits , she stayed at ‘ Greek House ’ ( as its English proprietress called it ) or ‘ Greek Home ’ ( the name given to it by her American partner ) . |
| 17 | To make the formal application you will need to complete the forms given to you by your Environmental Health Officer . |
| 18 | Have some more chutney , it was given to us by our German daughter-in-law . |
| 19 | The theory is that the user , not knowing the ‘ technical ’ description of the product , refers to it by its artificial title which becomes built into the administrative and ordering system , emerging as repeat orders for the supplier . |
| 20 | I have not , of course , had the advantage of having the plaintiffs ' claim explained to me by their own counsel . |
| 21 | The Daily Mirror apologises to Mr O'Connor and regrets any embarrassment or inconvenience caused to him by our original report . |
| 22 | Is it not astonishing that the Secretary of State , having made a decision on 15 Para , can not or will not answer the pertinent points put to him by my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow , Hillhead ( Mr. Galloway ) and the hon. Member for Glasgow , Govan ( Mr. Sillars ) ? |
| 23 | That is not to say that the Minister has not left questions unanswered , not least the one just put to him by my hon. Friend the Member for Islington , North ( Mr. Corbyn ) . |
| 24 | SSP1(L) Form ( this is issued to you by your current employer if you have received Statutory Sick Pay in the eight weeks prior to your leaving date ) . |
| 25 | The Clarion 's offices were small and dingy , but despite this , and the fact that it only appeared once a week , the magazine had a large and growing circulation because of the crusading character of its editor , J. D. O'Connor , who had been a leading journalist with the Morning Post before he had struck out on his own , financed by money left to him by his land-owning father . |