Example sentences of "[pron] by [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We never hurt someone by being honest and genuine . |
| 2 | He would get to know the cook and ingratiate himself by being agreeable and doing her favours . |
| 3 | Even where it is positively established that the right person was questioned , who by being present at the time had the nominal responsibility for cleaning the surface in question , the true reason for the fault may lie elsewhere being the result of one or other of the following factors : |
| 4 | Some mannerisms may not be of great use to the interviewer in assessing your character but they may work against you by being irritating . |
| 5 | And then , as a schoolgirl , Molly had further distanced herself from him by being good at mathematics . |
| 6 | In Total Recall ( with Schwarzenegger ) the scene was all about manipulation , about gaining power over him by being sexual . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | We did it by being competent , ultra competitive , flexible and by taking fast , but informed management decisions and action . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He shows it by being angry and rude all the time to everyone . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Diana has weakened it by being popular . |
| 13 | Sad , is n't it , when a human being can only feel good about themselves by being unpleasant to other people ? |
| 14 | You can create a good impression on yourself by being right , he realizes , but for creating a good impression on others there 's nothing to beat being totally and catastrophically wrong . |
| 15 | You 're defending yourself by being indifferent again . ’ |
| 16 | On the positive side , the Ulster Unionists lost nothing by being involved in talks with the Irish Government — even in Dublin . |
| 17 | Liz Scott-Gibson , who is now director of sign language services for the BDA , subsequently went to Kensington Palace to teach the Princess ; and on a later visit , to a school in Durham , Diana surprised everyone by being able to communicate to the deaf people she met without an interpreter . |
| 18 | Cleo , as you insist on being here , please indulge me by being content simply to watch the proceedings . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |