Example sentences of "[noun prp] by [v-ing] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The suit also alleges Crue members Nikki Sixx , Tommy Lee and Mick Mars libelled Neil by announcing he had left the band . |
| 2 | Lieutenant-General Abdul Haq Ulomi , who heads the country 's most powerful military and political body , said in an interview the two countries were testing the new surface-to-surface rockets in Afghanistan by supplying them to the mujahedin to use on Kabul . |
| 3 | Gibeau set the tone of our stay at Garrigues by making us run and crawl around the house , singing all the time . |
| 4 | In W. L. Warren 's words , " Henry had adopted the tactic of trying to discipline Richard by keeping him in uncertainty and had then become caught in the toils of his own deviousness . " |
| 5 | Not just smear the KGB by making them seem callously careless in their shooting . |
| 6 | With one hand he would try to mend Britain 's fences with the United States by using his own close relationship with President Eisenhower and other senior members of the US Administration , which he had formed when he was British political adviser at Eisenhower 's Allied Force Headquarters in the Mediterranean during the War . |
| 7 | GEORGE GRAHAM last night startled Arsenal by admitting he was nowhere near a job for life at Highbury . |
| 8 | San Diego-based GTI Corp , majority owned by Telemetrix Plc , responded to a $1.50 fall in its share price to $21.75 on Friday by saying it saw no fundamental reason for it , adding that it expects to report ‘ continuing positive results ’ this quarter after four quarters of increases of 100% or more . |
| 9 | After months of injury frustration , he took a definite up-swing on Tuesday by launching his season with the two-goal blast that wrecked Blackburn 's unbeaten run . |
| 10 | It was too close to Christmas to bother about embarking on any sort of adult education before it , so I pacified Toby by saying I 'd got plenty of time and would look into it after the New Year , and we settled down to wallow in being together and getting into the Christmas spirit . |
| 11 | But I was disappointed with the churlish leader — ‘ A Hard Act To Follow ’ — which was a negative piece damning Faldo by comparing him with Nicklaus . |
| 12 | It would be a tragic error to buy this man out of Kuwait by awarding him the starring role in Arab dealings with Israel . |
| 13 | Willink thought that perhaps he should not go ; but he also discontented Ramsey by treating it as a problem in how Ramsey should get the best career in a worldly sense . |
| 14 | BLIND pensioner Dennis Coan has just celebrated six months of wedded bliss to his sweetheart Ellen by presenting her with a wooden rocking chair . |
| 15 | In volume IV there is a description of the disembarkation of cattle at Port Askaig by throwing them into the sea to swim ashore . |
| 16 | In volume IV there is a description of the disembarkation of cattle at Port Askaig by throwing them into the sea to swim ashore . |
| 17 | In November 1990 , however , the government acknowledged the growing trade links between Australia and Taiwan by announcing its intention to create a Taiwan Market Service in Australia , to encourage the establishment of direct air links between the two countries , and to create an Australian Education Centre in Taipei . |
| 18 | But then realism , as she knows , like journalism , does not exclude analysis : in fact her first book , Sartre , had ended in a mild sense of exasperation against philosophy itself , which she believed had frustrated Sartre by making him unable to write a great novel , ‘ a tragic symptom of a situation which afflicts us all ’ . |
| 19 | Paradoxically , though , Roxburgh observed that Jess , who he favourably compared with a young Kenny Dalglish , had ‘ become an internationalist ’ at Ibrox by proving he could function at the highest level . |
| 20 | For years the Japanese have tried to match IBM by selling what are called plug compatibles . |
| 21 | Attempts were made to destroy James Bond by shooting him , placing a tarantula in his bed , poisoning his vodka , and drowning him . |
| 22 | The Scottish National Party 's vice-president , Andrew Welsh , challenged Mr Smith last night to spell out whether he intended to exempt Scotland from his ‘ neo-Tory policies ’ , which were designed to win votes in the south of England by taking his Scottish voters for granted . |
| 23 | The Sheffield United marksman posted an early application to succeed Gary Lineker by producing his lethal best for England boss Graham Taylor . |
| 24 | I refuse absolutely , however , to insult the noble mountains of Scotland by quoting their altitudes in foreign metres instead of British feet . |
| 25 | Mr and Mrs Dombey scandalize the Hon. Mrs Skewton by finding it ‘ dull ’ when they honeymoon there , DS 35 . |
| 26 | Those with a taste for Machiavellian plots have suggested that maybe Mr Li has set a trap for Mr Zhu by leaving him in charge at a time when he will have to tackle the delicate problems of an over-heating economy . |
| 27 | That left BSN burdened with FFr14 billion of debt , which it reduced by FFr3.1 billion in December by selling its champagne businesses to Moët-Hennessy-Louis-Vuitton ( LVMH ) , an ambitious French luxury-goods firm . |
| 28 | I am sure that that former right hon. Member of this House could do a lot to help Northern Ireland by giving us a favourable response in the very near future , as I believe he will . |
| 29 | Belinda wheeled the trolley over and helped Faye by passing her the lancet and reading the reagent strip for her . |
| 30 | Jane surprised Juliana by pointing her towards leggings and tapered trousers worn with outsized cardigans and sweaters . |