Example sentences of "by [v-ing] they [adv prt] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The big man has been in a clinic since breaking a leg against Crystal Palace last week and the only way he can join in the Reds rise is by cheering them on in front of his telly . |
| 2 | He and business associate Benedict Marsh , both 28 , allegedly got a friend to help by tying them up in their room . |
| 3 | She scrambled into shorts and T-shirt , tamed her thick russet waves by tying them back in a ponytail . |
| 4 | They conserve nutrients , especially nitrogen , by taking them up in autumn and releasing them in spring . |
| 5 | Fearful of the obvious dangers of traffic and molestation , parents have reacted by forbidding street play to younger offspring and by chauffeuring them around in the family car , itself more widely available . |
| 6 | But Cyprus Airways jetted to the rescue by putting them up in the honeymoon suite at Manchester Airport 's Hilton Hotel . |
| 7 | Rescuing beleaguered maidens had a certain passing reward , but most of the time he 'd finished up by setting them up in some city somewhere with a handsome dowry , because after a while even the most agreeable ex-maiden became possessive and had scant sympathy for his efforts to rescue her sister sufferers . |