Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] [pron] by [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gave two solos to girls who repaid him by becoming loyal workers for many years . |
| 2 | For this purpose they appointed to serve under them a staff of foresters , carrying bows and arrows , for whom they were personally responsible , and who maintained themselves by levying contributions from the forest inhabitants . |
| 3 | In 1864 the Mercury complained about the ‘ country louts who disfigured themselves by daubing their faces with red and black paint , and by weaning bonnets , gowns and shawls … ’ |
| 4 | 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 … . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In consequence he became , in Liddie 's eyes , the kind of mother her own mother had been — one who disabled her by taking over . |
| 7 | Firbank had no close emotional attachments , save with his mother ; but in 1919 he seems to have become infatuated with the Hon. Evan Morgan , who rebuffed him by refusing the dedication of his only play , The Princess Zoubaroff , days before its publication in 1920 . |
| 8 | She says that she was half strangled by a group of youths who taunted her by insulting her boyfriend 's colour . |
| 9 | I 'm especially grateful to my friends who supported me by giving evidence . |
| 10 | He 's a world-famous scientist searching for a cancer cure , she 's the spiky assistant who proves herself by falling for him . |
| 11 | Enter the magical Botha , who fooled everyone by swivelling behind his scrum to drop an audacious goal from miles . |
| 12 | It was , in fact , two of the bandsmen who extricated me by linking their hands under my armpits . |
| 13 | What it is about is using our members ' money to benefit the people who represent them by moving the responsibility of training from national to regional level . |