Example sentences of "[pers pn] by [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he got his by being murdered . ’ |
| 2 | Some mannerisms may not be of great use to the interviewer in assessing your character but they may work against you by being irritating . |
| 3 | Others may surprise you by being woefully unprepared and you may find yourself taking the initiative more often than you might have expected in order to be able to put across as many of your good points as possible . |
| 4 | But it 's been I think great fun and I will wish to renew my thanks to those who made it possible and that of course is you by being here . |
| 5 | Do you just try and quiet him by are you soothing ? |
| 6 | And then , as a schoolgirl , Molly had further distanced herself from him by being good at mathematics . |
| 7 | In Total Recall ( with Schwarzenegger ) the scene was all about manipulation , about gaining power over him by being sexual . |
| 8 | That all should honour him by being like unto him . |
| 9 | ‘ We can only hope to fool her by being friends . ’ |
| 10 | So I did n't want to burden her by being awkward about it , make her feel bad about it , equally I have n't really thanked her . |
| 11 | brought it by is n't it ? |
| 12 | Nobody was prepared to have any dealings with this force , even to attempt to pacify it by being kind to the black cat . |
| 13 | Diana has weakened it by being popular . |
| 14 | It is therefore folly to give in to behaviour of this kind , and you should try to prevent it by being aware of the situation when it may arise and not responding as the dog demands . |
| 15 | You get to it by being a Prestel subscriber , so you also have access to everything else that is public on the system ( and it can be a particularly cheap way of buying air fares , for example ) . |
| 16 | If they are to get full influence for the purpose of bringing constituencies up to the mark , they can only get it by being the channels for help . |
| 17 | The fact that he gets it by being told it , as opposed to observing it for himself , is incidental . |
| 18 | He shows it by being angry and rude all the time to everyone . |
| 19 | We did it by being competent , ultra competitive , flexible and by taking fast , but informed management decisions and action . |
| 20 | The snow was n't very deep there , but it made up for it by being littered with old leaves , twigs and debris . |
| 21 | I set off and we had a taxi because it was terrible and I thought oh well , we had a lovely weekend , I 'm not going to er spoil it by being soaking wet getting to Piccadilly station . |
| 22 | Cleo , as you insist on being here , please indulge me by being content simply to watch the proceedings . ’ |
| 23 | Even-more significant for their future growth , Merton has expanded the field of candidates open to them by being able to search globally , as a member of Transearch , a group of internationally affiliated consultancies in fifteen major business centres . |
| 24 | Only then will we be able to see what 's so special about observing them by being told them . |
| 25 | For example , many people at the Royal Brompton and National Heart hospital tell me that some of the special health authorities should be allowed to win new patients and the money that comes with them by being allowed to work in the internal market . |
| 26 | Finally , many thanks to the parents and all the other folk who helped us by being part of the duty rota . |