Example sentences of "i by a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And of course , all of the ‘ stories of the great days of policing ’ , told ‘ at the charge room desk ’ were passed on to me by a series of venerable ‘ real polises ’ , who , in turn , had learned these structures of significance in their own formative years , often before the Second World War . |
| 2 | Another reaction , just as common , was described to me by a Sikh girl from Birmingham : |
| 3 | But I know it 's important to look good on stage so all my stage clothes are custom-made for me by a man called Franco Carretti . |
| 4 | The Trotskyist Militant vote moved en bloc to defeat me by a handful . |
| 5 | This recipe was given to me by a well-travelled customer on her return from the USA . |
| 6 | It was no fun , and the putrid bridie at the restaurant , thrown across the counter at me by a young waitress who clearly blamed me personally for the shortcomings in her life , was little consolation . |
| 7 | The third report I know of came from the Johannesburg Sunday Times of 14 February , 1982 , and was sent to me by a medical colleague . |
| 8 | One depressing surprise , though , was afforded me by a report on neighbourhood shopping centres . |
| 9 | TVH , as it is generally known , was typified for me by a man called Alf Mignot , who died in 1987 in his early sixties . |
| 10 | But by far the best gift was given me by a little red-haired girl , Betty , who gave me ( a virgin boy ) her body . |
| 11 | That , and the electric kettle , given to me by a good friend , are a great blessing . |
| 12 | ‘ It was told to me by a black guy : ‘ What 's black with red stripes ? |
| 13 | ‘ I 've got an even better one — told me by a cowman years ago — when charged by a bull , stand your ground and when it gets close enough , grab it by the nose . |
| 14 | However , the reverse of this experience was reported to me by a woman who lost her lover in a drowning accident . |
| 15 | I love the story told to me by a make-up girl who used to work for a well-known London hairdresser . |
| 16 | ‘ I bought the waterfalls off Lloyd Cole before he moved to America , and the rainbow was specially designed for me by a team of clever scientists . |
| 17 | I once had to have the gnomic response of one respected editor of a major journal interpreted for me by a senior colleague . |
| 18 | The coy attitude with which the Press still view this and other sexual matters is illustrated by the experience recounted to me by a well-known columnist . |
| 19 | He has since , of course , achieved a political status by which presumably I ought now to judge him , but as a junior voice in a senior assembly I could not resist the conclusion that he was a little too forthcoming , particularly when on one occasion he outraged me by a suggestion that if a common waiting-list was established , consolidating both private and NHS priorities , the NHS patients should have pride of place before private patients came into the reckoning . |
| 20 | In the accompanying letter , Beatrix said it would be sent to me by a friend in the event of her death . |
| 21 | Its effect was described to me by a white probationary teacher : |
| 22 | It is not it was given to me by a nice gentleman from Napier College doing |
| 23 | She would have passed me by a few feet , perhaps not noticing me . |
| 24 | It has been suggested to me by a committed member of our Education and Professional Development Committee that you might like to know more about BAIE COMMUNICATORS IN BUSINESS . |
| 25 | They put me by a table er near the wall but it for a table for two and then another lady came by herself , I remember her name was Miss and erm and she said , have you been here before ? |
| 26 | Will the Secretary of State take this opportunity to confirm an answer recently given to me by a junior Minister — it is in Hansard , of course — to the effect that a large number of pensioners — nearly 40 per cent . |
| 27 | ‘ I was always a bad correspondent , ’ berated Lear , ‘ but surely you are still more unconscientious , for when I do write , you answer me by a short scrawl — only one word of which out of every 2d can I decipher , & I have kept your last and only epistle to see if I ca n't sell it as an ancient hieroglyphic . ’ |
| 28 | When I entered the Winter Gardens he was emerging surrounded by an hysterical crowd , having been greeted by a demonstration described to me by a hostile witness as ‘ reminiscent of a Nuremberg Rally ’ . |
| 29 | I am concerned and I have mentioned briefly to Mr erm something which was er said to me by a local resident who 've read the paper this morning that British Rail are gon na start using their car parks to hold er car boot sales . |
| 30 | ‘ I would like that — but please put me by a window . ’ |