Example sentences of "do [adv] [verb] [adv] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if he did not do so by personal choice , the execution would doubtless be ordered from Washington as a matter of course . |
| 2 | He did not move quietly by intention , but as he pushed upon the door of the office a boy and girl sprang apart . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm sure , ’ said Moore to himself , ‘ that the good doctor did not call here by accident . ’ |
| 4 | The inland location of the new base underlined the fact that the Company did not operate simply by coming to India , buying things and sailing away again . |
| 5 | If you are king of a country in which six out of every ten people are Palestinians , and where Islamic fundamentalism is growing , you do not last long by siding with America against the man who is firing missiles into Tel Aviv . |
| 6 | Geometrical demonstrations which prove something to be true of all triangles do not do so by proving it to be true of an abstract triangle to which all triangles correspond . |
| 7 | When skilled maintenance staff carry out actions , such as fault detection , testing , diagnosing and repair , they do not do so by solving sets of mathematical equations . |
| 8 | So I do n't go outside by the time you 've finished . |
| 9 | I do n't think I do n't think simply by looking at auto- offs reports or E D S R work is going to solve our problems in time do you ? |
| 10 | I have n't noticed I 've lost any weight only that me clothes have gone a bit loose , it must be only a couple of pounds literally but on Mrs scales I 'm half a stone lighter , but I do n't think so by tomorrow night I 'll be about eleven , ten |
| 11 | ‘ I 've been to see your husband , ’ she said — I did n't like that at all — ‘ and he asked me to tell you that if you do n't return home by the end of the week he is going to join forces with Kirsty Bull : she 's coming to live in and look after your children . ’ |
| 12 | We do n't earn much by international standards , conditions of work are arduous , and chronic underfunding often makes them more so . |
| 13 | The Wickhams do n't garden strictly by the rules — where the poppies they 'd sown in beds spread into the ’ rooms ’ … they 're left to flower … |
| 14 | ‘ I mean , in this day and age you do n't get anywhere by just sitting back , do you ? |
| 15 | We do n't get anywhere by what Paul calls ‘ preaching ourselves ’ : gimmicks do not help . |
| 16 | It does not do so by ordering the doctors to treat which , even if within the court 's powers , would be an abuse of them or by ordering the minor to accept treatment , but by authorising the doctors to treat the minor in accordance with their clinical judgment , subject to any restrictions which the court may impose . |