Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [prep] [adv] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the story ran on 3 November , it was picked up at once by the Western media , touching off an international scandal of such embarrassing proportions that president Reagan was forced to act . |
| 2 | When you replace the receiver after calling them , you get caught up at once by all the other pressing demands on your time , while they , in some cases , may be left sitting in a silent room , turning over everything you have said , and sifting it eagerly for confirmation of your real affection and concern for them . |
| 3 | These weeks are looked back on affectionately by pupils as they remember the camaraderie they have developed with Staff , parent and senior pupils . |
| 4 | Er that was when I was there but now it 's pumped ashore with well by hose from the ship you know and er they put water in about once or twice a year . |
| 5 | The grim find was made shortly after 9am by a grave-digger who noticed a patch of disturbed ground inside the cemetery garden near the Seafield entrance to the crematorium . |
| 6 | The grim find was made shortly after 9am by a grave-digger who noticed a patch of disturbed ground inside the cemetery garden near the Seafield entrance . |
| 7 | He was convinced that he had no need of human advice because he was instructed directly from within by God himself , who made his presence felt in strange but delightful experiences . |
| 8 | His ring at the doorbell was answered almost at once by Mary Penrose , wearing a flowered housecoat and looking fresh and appetising . |
| 9 | The stories of Dubliners are not only disturbingly sharp representations from outside , they are fed too from inside by an intuitive closeness , an awareness that comes near to identification with these and those victims , male and female . |
| 10 | The surface of these courts is made with a clay brought up from underground by termites , the insects which create the famous anthills of the savannah . |
| 11 | Above all , there was disappointment at Hitler 's remarks that he had made full provision for the coming winter — the logical conclusion being drawn ‘ that the struggle in the east , in contrast to the hopes entertained up to now by the overwhelming majority of the population , can not be ended before the next winter ’ . |
| 12 | They were driving a rented car toward a Miami Beach hotel early Wednesday , when the car was rammed twice from behind by a van . |
| 13 | This was concealed up to now by a few intuitive master strokes , the lucky results of risks that were in themselves unjustified , and the short-comings of our enemies . |
| 14 | Anything that came ashore would be snatched up at once by thrifty beachcombers . |
| 15 | We had , we 'd go to Park , be sent out of there by the keeper because we co we were n't supposed to be in he said . |