Example sentences of "and [vb base] [adv] by [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll happily pay my forfeit and sit here by the fire while you play . ’ |
| 2 | My son would adore it — my comfort-loving daughter would work hard to achieve a ganglion before leaving and sit contentedly by a log fire for the duration with a good book and a hot Ribena . |
| 3 | A group of sports fans are claiming they were overcharged and let down by a tour operator who sold them tickets to the Olympic Games . |
| 4 | The brief silence seemed to stretch down the long room and hold fast by the pillars of the door , and every eye in the hall fixed greedily on the three at the high table . |
| 5 | In an instant the coldness of her fury evaporated and her heart was flooded with a tide of raw emotions — excitement , confusion and a desperate yearning that tore at her insides and left her breathless , as though she had been knocked to the ground and run over by a steam train . |
| 6 | But less than half a mile from his home in Witney , Oxfordshire , 42-year-old Mr Adams was knocked off his bike and run over by a van . |
| 7 | David Adams , 42 , was knocked off his bike and run over by a van driven by a suspected drink-driver as he made his way home . |
| 8 | ‘ Speaking the truth in love , we are to grow up in every way into him who is the Head , into Christ from whom the whole body , joined and knit together by every joint with which it is supplied , when each part is working properly , makes bodily growth and upbuilds itself in love ’ ( Eph. 4.15–16 ) . |
| 9 | Patchy light rain over central parts of England and Wales will move south and peter out by the evening . |
| 10 | The system as a whole has to be " smashed " and set aside by a vanguard party of intellectuals which leads the working class in extra-and anti-parliamentary action towards socialism ( see also Chapter 7 ) . |
| 11 | ‘ Miss Williams , we 'll find the road again if we go straight and turn left by the hedge , wo n't we ? ’ |
| 12 | I sit there going ‘ Mmm' ’ and ‘ Mmm ? '' at appropriate moments and greedily noting your every twitch and shudder down by the pool . |