Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] by [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somewhere above his head , a deep voice intoned the ritual words : ‘ For the Judas who turns against his Brothers — the man who betrays us by revealing the innermost secrets of our Guild — the punishment shall be as follows … . |
| 2 | In an imagined interview at the Labour Exchange , the protagonist claims that he has only been ‘ spasmodically in labour ’ , then immediately corrects himself by rephrasing the slip as ‘ employed intermittently ’ ( 19/21 ) . |
| 3 | On the drivechart the decision points , represented by square boxes , each offer a natural group of alternative routes to the teacher , who chooses one by pressing a single key — eg , ‘ 1 ’ selects the inverse problem where the computer provides the ‘ output ’ number from the named function and invites the class to guess the ‘ input ’ number . |
| 4 | Possible strategies include the domestic strategy where the female recognizes domestic qualities in males in advance and therefore benefits herself by choosing a male with qualities . |
| 5 | Britain recaptures them by sending a large naval task force . |
| 6 | The bird ties it by holding a strip on to a branch with one foot and then , using its beak , passing the end round the branch , threading it through one of the turns and pulling it tight . |
| 7 | Surely the time has arrived for the British Royal Family to put a proper end to the speculation that surrounds it by telling the truth . |
| 8 | As a first step , he or she identifies it by using a word-meaning which is conventionally taken to match the nature of the perception . |
| 9 | One collects them by climbing the tree or by poking them with a long stick . |
| 10 | It is sold as a paste and is hardened by light ; once the paste is in the cavity , the dentist sets it by shining a blue light for about a minute . |
| 11 | The gaucho slips a rug under the door , ejects the key and then recovers it by hauling the rug towards him . |
| 12 | This does it by operating a sprinkler for a preset time each day . |