Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun] [noun prp] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Monza , he beat Jochen Rindt by a few feet and the championship was his , even though he did not win another race that season . |
| 2 | Jim Courier dismissed Amos Mansdorf by the same score but Michael Chang dropped a set before overwhelming Todd Woodbridge in the final set to win 6–4 , 1–6 , 6–0 . |
| 3 | The Republicans lost their narrow majority in Congress at the 1954 mid-term elections ; but Eisenhower 's personal popularity ensured that they retained the White House in 1956 , when he defeated Adlai Stephenson by an even greater margin than in 1952 . |
| 4 | The Kevin Darley-ridden colt beat Bradawn Breever by a length with Jack Berry 's Palacegate Episode less than a length back in third . |
| 5 | He was elegant in a long black close-fitting Indian coat ; and when he shook Mr Biswas by the hand Mr Biswas surrendered to his graciousness , at the same time noting with satisfaction that Pankaj Rai was as short as himself and had an equally ugly nose . |
| 6 | She sat forward and clasped Mrs Mentiply by the wrist . |
| 7 | Cranston leaned forward and clasped Father Peter by the wrist . |
| 8 | At the more popular end of the spectrum of difficulty , controversy this summer in Chamonix when a seven-years-old girl climbed Mont Blanc by the Voie Normale . |
| 9 | She dimly saw Aunt Emily by the fire and the silver tea service winked on a table beside her , and there , in front of the fire , standing there as comfortably as if it were his own fire , she saw with no surprise at all , that it was Michael Swinton . |
| 10 | Dame Agatha took Father Reynard by the sleeve and they walked away , the young sister apologising loudly for being late and asking if Father would give her the altar breads as she must return to the priory . |
| 11 | ‘ After that race , ’ he says , ‘ I met Alec Harvey-Bailey by the side of the road near Silverstone and told him I would stay with BRM . |