Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a strange conversation , sleepily hostile , with both of them drained by the extravagant expenditure of passion that had gone before . |
| 2 | The composition is saved from monotony by the subtle characterisation of these figures , and united by the concentration on them effected by the inward-facing chariot-teams and the looks of some of the seated figures and of the two reclining in the angles who frame the design . |
| 3 | But that 's our business , taking risks , and it works well enough — as long as everyone plays by the rules . ’ |
| 4 | Corbett stared at him and looked away , the tension between them broken by the Pictish leader who took Thomas by the hand , like a child with a parent , and led him into the largest house , beckoning Corbett to follow them . |
| 5 | By showing things-as-they-are , then showing them penetrated by the catalyst , the agent that embodies the will-to-change . |
| 6 | Make sure electric blankets are BEAB approved , and have them checked by the manufacturer every four to five years . |
| 7 | The test which best discriminated between the effects of left and right sided electro-convulsive therapy ( ECT ) after two treatments to each side was naming of objects after hearing a verbal description of them given by the examiner seven minutes after shock administration . |
| 8 | The most interesting show out of London is Miro : Sculpture , which has opened at the Southampton City Art Gallery ; 37 bronzes are on show , each one of them made by a Catalan , anarchist , sex-mad Santa Claus |
| 9 | But the Pope kept quiet and the atrocities went on , many of them supervised by the followers of St Francis . |
| 10 | Significantly , he added : ‘ If the answer is no , I 'll be letting them know by the end of this month . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Monsieur , everyone stands by the edge of the water and stares at the fish , that 's why we have such ponds . |
| 12 | On reaching the lockers he found the area around them occupied by a crowd of students , their rucksacks and kitbags strewn across the unswept floor . |
| 13 | She asked me to stand by the gate while she spoke to him . " |
| 14 | The nature of Burne-Jones 's aims and predilections in art are well-enough known by this time , and have been defined by himself absolutely fitted to this thought : ‘ I mean by a picture a beautiful romantic dream of something that never was , never will be — in a light better than any light that ever shone — in a land no one can define or remember , only desire . ’ |
| 15 | Do you know what I mean by a relatively free press , Mr Wagner ? … |
| 16 | In particular , it is necessary to pay close attention to the relationship of civil society ( within which I will include much of what I mean by a specific urban culture ) and state forms and processes , in a context of ‘ disorganized capitalism ’ . |
| 17 | That 's right see we 've talked , we 've spoken about all the form closes before in the past , we 've spoken about a sumter closes , I mean you know what I mean by a sumter close , do n't you ? |
| 18 | If you read Callenbach you will know what I mean by an " Ecotopian " , if you read FAST 's voluminous reports I doubt whether you will recognise a citizen of the biosociety . |
| 19 | Now what I mean by an easy question something like |
| 20 | Before going on to analyse the kinds of blocking technique one might nevertheless use , I want to briefly explain what I mean by the terms ‘ open ’ and ‘ closed ’ sides when referring to a stance . |
| 21 | What I mean by the ‘ graphology ’ of drawing is the study of the line , of the pure graphic quality , of the stroke , not that of the subject represented or the style . |
| 22 | I would like to give you just one illustration to show what I mean by the disintegrating influence of a dynamic force . |
| 23 | I mean by the time you get to a two years . |
| 24 | What I mean by the stylistics of representation concerns the connection between individual features of the language of a text and individual features of its content , an interest which is much more characteristic of modern approaches to literature . |
| 25 | I mean by the piece I 'm reading you today , I 've already submitted to the B B C and if I sell it |
| 26 | Timothy will take his O levels you see during the summer term , well I mean by the end of June he 'd of finished those so that |
| 27 | This is an important part of what I intend by the transnational capitalist class ( TCC ) , but with two important differences . |
| 28 | Dr Jaffery and I passed by a cluster of black-chadored ladies spooning ice cream under their veils . |
| 29 | I passed by the field of a sluggard , |
| 30 | Kenneth checked in and , conscious of several pairs of curious eyes , I posed by the fireplace trying to look haughty and English and thinking how good my sombrero and black rubber raincoat looked against the red brick . |