Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] [verb] [adv prt] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asthma kills two thousand people a year , but the new research shows that the gene which can cause it is only active when it 's passed on by the mother . |
| 2 | It 'll close with the loss of at least a hundred jobs if it 's taken over by the Suffolk-based brewer Greene King . |
| 3 | But in the Arctic , summer is just past its peak , with the pack ice as far north as it is likely to be , although in a month the first skin of new ice will tinkle and shimmer as it is broken up by the morning breeze . |
| 4 | In others , such as the strongyloids , it is large , and opens into a buccal capsule , which may contain teeth ; such parasites , when feeding , draw a plug of mucosa into the buccal capsule ( Fig.3 ) , where it is broken down by the action of enzymes which are secreted into the capsule from adjacent glands . |
| 5 | However , the contractual commitment stems from the first of those calls on the basis that it is followed up by the time agreed . |
| 6 | ( He is put off by the sight of Wayne , who is pogoing furiously behind his keyboards , like someone at a Members gig in 1978 ) Erm , excuse me , but what do you think you 're doing ? |
| 7 | He runs away to the city where he is taken in by The Old Lady . |
| 8 | However , despite the way teachers represented their views Mr and Mrs Shod doubted the severity of the problem : ‘ I do n't think he 's any worse than other kids — he 's picked on by the school . ’ |
| 9 | He 's hauled up by the scraped elbows , |