Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far the source of consultees names is the series of recent consultation exercises already carried out by the Department and the Metro Development Group . |
| 2 | I do n't agree with the theory that my becoming emotionally charged up by the relay affair affected my running in the 100 metres . |
| 3 | This was no new departure : Charles I had wanted a strong navy , though his reliance on unparliamentary taxation to pay for it had led to trouble ; the Republic had gone further afield than previous governments and had won some notable successes ; and Charles II and his brother James had tried to build up a strong navy without becoming too caught up by the House of Commons and its desire to control policy by controlling finance . |
| 4 | I put forward the idea to Mme Bluot that , rather than sit either side of a table , reminding Didier of school and his failure to keep up , he and I would do better to talk down by the river , in the park , even in the Café du Coin . |
| 5 | Research recently carried out by the Medical Research Council in Cardiff involved 2,033 men under 70 who had suffered a heart attack . |
| 6 | Peter did n't look too put out by the idea . |
| 7 | Those who could not stand it returned home worn out by the virulence of anti-Irish racism which they experienced from English people . |
| 8 | Mr Clarke revealed the fresh job losses when he addressed the annual conference of the breakaway Union of Democratic Mineworkers in Weymouth , where he faced angry questions from delegates who feel badly let down by the corporation . |
| 9 | Many had begun by raging against it as angry young men or women and felt terribly let down by the failure of the Wilson government to make much of a dent in it . |
| 10 | She felt utterly hemmed in by the panelled walls adorned with religious pictures , crucifixes , statues and ornate candlesticks . |
| 11 | I think was er er erm Mr Thomas , and I think perhaps hinted on by the Senior Inspector as well , er what is , what is Greater York ? to do with Sylvia , erm |
| 12 | In between excessive laughter I noticed that not only were SCUM CRAP at the back but they got completely pissed on by the Turkish Delights : - ) ) ) ) ) |
| 13 | Slorne had already calmed down by the time Creggan and Minch had finished speaking and the following evening the Sweeper came and she was calm again . |
| 14 | Such a system , based on social class and the old school tie , had never become quite so entrenched across the Atlantic in the first place , and had largely broken down by the end of the 1950s . |
| 15 | It is just that politicians in power do show a tendency to become rather bogged down by the business in hand , and battered women , ill-educated toddlers and the tax status of child-minders have , for perfectly understandable reasons , so far not succeeded in exercising their imaginations . |
| 16 | The thing was , they were playing blues in both major and minor keys , and I was feeling very tied down by the number of notes I could reach in my major open tunings . |