Example sentences of "[pron] by [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | If size of following were proof of quality , then Glazunov would be a candidate for the title of greatest living artist : in Brezhnev 's time ( he was the premier 's favourite artist ) he ingratiated himself by playing on the sentimental Slavic strand in Soviet life with ‘ symphonic canvases [ which ] overflow with the dreams and feeling of the Russian people ’ . |
| 2 | Rather than tensing up and pulling with all your arm strength , simply use your weight to do the work for you by leaning on your arms with a straight back . |
| 3 | Figure 7.6 A territorial rufous humming-bird weighs itself by perching on a spring balance . |
| 4 | The system funds itself by operating on the Royal Bank of Canada 's over-the-counter exchange rates which are not as fine as those obtained by the institution itself . |
| 5 | It inwardly destroys itself by concentrating on efficiency and on building a convenient systematic way of life which largely ignores the humans it caters for . |
| 6 | Nonetheless , might neurobiologists in general , and memory researchers in particular , not gain something by concentrating on a limited number of model systems that everyone could agree on ? |
| 7 | A good way of starting to do this is to either join an already-existent writing class ( you can find one by looking on the noticeboard in your local library , telephoning the local Further , Adult or Higher Education Centre or contacting the nearest Workers ' Educational Association ) or , if there is n't one of these in your area , by forming your own writing group . |
| 8 | She satisfied herself by pausing on the way to the conference to score it out . |
| 9 | Clint defends herself by going on the attack . |
| 10 | CHAMPION golfer Fred Couples has walked out on his wife of 12 years because she embarrassed him by dancing on a table , friends claimed last night . |
| 11 | He made sure I knew it was him by flicking on his interior light and waving me towards him . |
| 12 | Then ice the whole thing and decorate it by drawing on doors and windows . |
| 13 | They had won , as they will always have to , against the odds , but they did it by capitalising on their best players , by utilising every ounce of available experience and by trying as hard as they knew how . |
| 14 | I 'm never gon na , I 'm never gon na learn learn it by concentrating on how I 'm gon na do it , I 'm just gon na have to sing it the way it is because I 'm not gon na learn to do it am I ? |
| 15 | Its intrepid pilot will control it by hauling on the suspension lines to angle the lift generated by the canopy . |
| 16 | But it was better not to anger it by sleeping on the bed . |
| 17 | I would n't want to upset it by walking on it too hard with my heavy boots . ’ |
| 18 | The child needs to learn how and why to use a potty and parents may need to be encouraged to take their child to the lavatory with them so that the child can imitate what happens , have a potty around , tell the child what it is for , and encourage him or her to get used to it by sitting on it . |
| 19 | I tried to distract myself by concentrating on Jamila . |
| 20 | Braggarts can help themselves by working on responding to signals that other people use , looking and listening . |
| 21 | You flatter me by insisting on seeing me as some sort of Casanova figure . |
| 22 | Michael is a man who knows his own mind and I was relying on him for some controversial quotes , but he surprised me by agreeing on the whole with Mr Isherwood 's choices . |
| 23 | When I annoyed him he would punish me by economising on whatever it was we were doing at the time . |
| 24 | So , Creation 6 takes care of this for us by working on an elastic grid , allowing us to design in proportion and then making this a proportional pattern within the electronics to keep the design proportions correct . |
| 25 | The Government encourages exploitation of most of us by preying on the fears of the employed and the misery of the unemployed . |