Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] by [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The storyteller explains her words by referring to the deaths of her father-in-law and husband , as well as the capture of the ark . |
| 2 | He ignored her words by reverting to the former subject . |
| 3 | We asked Barbara to write about her favourite and most useful London shops , and readers voted with their feet by flocking to the shops she featured . |
| 4 | There are those who believe that their houses are built over tombs , unknown to archaeologists , and that the owners still supplement their incomes by selling off the contents bit by bit on the black market . |
| 5 | But Popper limits its implications by distinguishing between the process of discovery and the logic of validation . |
| 6 | Management committees are being asked to take more responsibility for the shaping of their bureaux by participating in the planning and assessment processes . |
| 7 | The publishers , therefore , are in practice holding back booksellers by their adherence to a restrictive price agreement , but are laying off their bets by going around the traditional book trade and growing their market elsewhere , with patchy controls . |
| 8 | At Broomstreet Farm Hazlitt called ‘ The Ancient Mariner ’ to their minds by pointing to the bare masts of a ship , outlined against ‘ the red-orbed disk of the setting sun ’ . |
| 9 | It would put added pressure on institutions to make up their holdings by buying in the market . |
| 10 | It is a profound challenge to those who have built their careers by rising through the ranks of the command organisation . ’ |
| 11 | Focusing more particularly on forgiveness , Jesus defended the woman who had poured myrrh over his feet by pointing to the same reason : ‘ Her great love proves that her many sins have been forgiven ; where little has been forgiven , little love is shown . ’ |
| 12 | Scrambling to his feet , he tested the floor at his feet by stamping with the heel of his uninjured leg . |
| 13 | He claims the Bishop justified his actions by talking about the suffering of martyred saints . |
| 14 | CROONER Des O'Connor is expecting to have the last laugh on his critics by soaring to the top of the Christmas hit parade . |
| 15 | The youngster was destined to follow many of his ancestors by dying from the family curse hydrocephalus water on the brain . |
| 16 | Once you start walking regularly you can vary your walks by going to the park , the beach or the hills . |
| 17 | But he said : ’ You endeavoured to go a long way to cover your tracks by disposing of the apparatus . |
| 18 | I need not trouble your Lordships by referring to the authorities cited , since the analogy serves no purpose if one can not identify , as belonging to the plaintiffs , the documents of which production is desired . |
| 19 | If you recognise a sag developing , stay confident in your transit and steal and instant lead over your competitors by staying on the line . |