Example sentences of "[pron] by [v-ing] [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your cousin Henry has set off for Alma Ata in ex-Soviet Kazakhstan , hoping to finance himself by selling articles to The Spectator , where he has asked me to use my influence . |
| 2 | Greenpeace , the environmental pressure group which had already made a name for itself by chasing whalers on the high seas , sent its own vessel , the Rainbow Warrior , to shadow the nuclear ship out into the Atlantic . |
| 3 | They made it respectable to talk about it by linking grants with the proper adoption of equal opportunity policies . |
| 4 | For this purpose they appointed to serve under them a staff of foresters , carrying bows and arrows , for whom they were personally responsible , and who maintained themselves by levying contributions from the forest inhabitants . |
| 5 | Patrons attach clients to themselves by extending loans to the latter in times of crisis . |
| 6 | ‘ These people have turned up at competitions and disrupted them by throwing things into the water . |
| 7 | There are now over forty Compacts in operation , which are succeeding — as much as anything by involving parents in the deal . |