Example sentences of "support [pron] by [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like most Birkbeck students , he was obliged to support himself by working at a job of some kind . |
| 2 | Catherine or St Catherine 's Hill itself constituted a Pandora 's box of small-town trades and occupations at the time : everything from a gingerbread maker to a hairdresser , a staymaker , a breechesmaker , Charles Tucker the coalminer , John Golledge the blind schoolmaster , Mrs Allen at the Castle public house , and even John Ward , who seemed to be able to support himself by practising the noble art of a ‘ horse jockey ’ . |
| 3 | Having given up hope of a career , they have doubts about the future and support themselves by working in ‘ low pay , low prestige , low benefit jobs in the service industry ’ or ‘ McJobs ’ . |
| 4 | Please support us by providing bric-a-brac , clothes , unwanted but saleable articles , etc . |
| 5 | Let us remind the Labour Party that they should be attacking this useless Tory government , not supporting them , not voting with them , not supporting them by abstaining when necessary we 'll never get power that way ! |
| 6 | The horses were being led and one of the men was limping badly and supporting himself by holding on to a stirrup . |
| 7 | He would cajole , flatter and persuade congressmen to support him by using his wide knowledge of their attitudes , constituencies , prejudices and personal backgrounds . |
| 8 | Concentrating on promoting funding for its health care and nutrition projects around the world , UNICEF is asking the public to support it by sharing a meal with someone at work or at home and setting aside a donation which would then go to fund its work . |
| 9 | Well , Her Ladyship was rather special because she was with me for many years and supported me by producing calves for market . |
| 10 | I 'm especially grateful to my friends who supported me by giving evidence . |
| 11 | From about 1690 he also supported himself by giving courses of lectures on chemistry . |
| 12 | Chairs at that time were not well endowed , and Smith supported himself by continuing to teach at Balliol . |
| 13 | He supported himself by painting the portraits of the distinguished people he met on the way , and in Japan he went off alone to live among the aboriginal Ainu . |
| 14 | SAVE and other local and national bodies can support you by making direct contact with the local planning office and writing letters of support to the local press and planners . |
| 15 | She supported herself by teaching little girls , and , with Heyrick , won local fame for philanthropy : when slaves were emancipated in 1834 , she was fêted . |
| 16 | After her father 's death she moved to Petersfield , Hampshire , where she supported herself by washing clothes , brewing , and other types of manual work . |
| 17 | In this assessment of an explanation the writer has disagreed with the main proposition and supported it by looking at the Liberal and Labour parties separately , and secondly at the other factors making for Liberal decline . |
| 18 | At many shows they actually supported themselves by playing a brief set of their usual material . |
| 19 | Let's stop trying to get women to support us by crawling to them — it 's obvious they prefer voting for devils or weeds than for decent men ( let alone decent women ) , and bribing them with a Women 's Ministry did n't work . |