Example sentences of "of [pron] by [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know why women like to taunt me , but they seem to grow fonder of me by doing so . |
| 2 | However , it should not be allowed to continue making a nuisance of itself by jumping up at a visitor while they are sitting down . |
| 3 | She would not go out , though she occasionally made a martyr of herself by pointing out that because of the price of baby-sitting , she could not afford to go out : this was as far as she went towards self-pity . |
| 4 | If you find yourself in this difficulty , first try to get out of it by using only compatible drives . |
| 5 | After I 'd explained the problems , Mazzin tried to wriggle out of it by going on about blindfolds . |
| 6 | She tried to get out of it by standing up and stretching as if the conversation was threatening to bore her stiff . |
| 7 | Stewart could argue that it was little more than a playful cuff and Christophi certainly made a real meal of it by falling dramatically to the ground clutching his face . |
| 8 | For example a couple of weeks ago there was a thing on tit for tat and this week there 's a fascinating thing on snakes and female sexuality which erm illustrates er some of the points I 'll be , I 'll , I 'll be making and although as Sue rightly says erm , most of the articles in Nature are rather technical and difficult to understand if you 're not a specialist they do make concessions to the rest of us by publishing very often erm summaries er in the first part of the journal erm and there is one on this and er I can recommend that . |
| 9 | ‘ The presence of a semi-invalid is something I neither invited nor desired , so please make it easier for both of us by giving as little trouble as possible . ’ |