Example sentences of "[vb base] [noun] [prep] [pron] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Head west on it to Dancing Ledge — a disused cliff quarry .
2 Patrons attach clients to themselves by extending loans to the latter in times of crisis .
3 Instead , males tend to be spaced out in territories , and they attract females to them by calling .
4 The writers of fabliaux commonly draw attention to themselves by naming themselves , signing their work at beginning or end , and they don a limited number of disguises as their narratorial personae — as in the case of Boivin de Provins described above .
5 Home Office officials maintain contact with them by attending conferences and meetings , and periodically on a closer and more continuing basis .
6 Do you really think I 'd do that — take money from you for doing one thing , and at the same time take money from someone else to do the opposite ? ’
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