Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] by [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After pushing our boats over into the water , we then righted them by putting all our weight on the centreboards where they poked out of the bottom of the boat . |
| 2 | He made them by scattering his droppings over the sky and this is why the grass and the trees grow so thick on the world . |
| 3 | He gladly accepted a lift back to Stromness on Venturous and repaid me by filling in some details for my report on the development of the terminal and the Piper Oil Field which would be supplying it . |
| 4 | ‘ And so , she repaid me by paying a great deal of attention to you tonight , signore . |
| 5 | Having offended officers by omitting Jacques Soustelle , the most well-known Gaullist advocate of French Algeria , from his first government , de Gaulle appeased them by bringing Soustelle into the government in July . |
| 6 | They caught them by taking statements . " |
| 7 | But we helped them by suggesting |
| 8 | They usually disappointed everyone by recalling that he was remarkable for his unremarkableness , just another kid on the block ; not a hero , not a superstar at sports , not especially remembered for outstanding feats of school bravado nor had he made any particular impression on the girls . |
| 9 | The young man 's brother wrote to Lord Panmure to see if David could make the best of the situation in which he found himself by obtaining a midshipman 's place . |
| 10 | Anyway , Jacob said that he could do the job better and more quickly if he paced himself by singing a lively hymn called ‘ Keep in Step with the Master ’ . |
| 11 | He goaded himself by picturing the ageing President , grey-haired and frail . |
| 12 | Ravana captured Hanuman and set fire to his tail , but the monkey avenged himself by growing to the size of a giant and setting fire to the city . |
| 13 | ‘ I helped you by clearing all the leaves in the yard , ’ she told him half a dozen times , ‘ and I got a cold while I was doing it . |
| 14 | He wooed her by sharing with her a delicious baobab fruit . |
| 15 | Then he disappointed her by saying he was checking whether it was possible for someone to go in and out unobserved , and how crowded it would be at that time of day . |
| 16 | The crowd gently goaded him by chanting : ‘ Kenny what 's the score ? ’ and afterwards Dalglish admitted : ‘ I am disappointed we did n't get anything from the match because I thought we played well enough . |
| 17 | He dismissed her by turning and wading back round the corner of the wall . |
| 18 | Occasionally , Hector gratified her by using it . |
| 19 | By the terms of his enrolment , there is little doubt that the provision of regular review assessment panels helped him by offering support , encouragement and occasionally chastisement for letting himself down . |
| 20 | The old lady would have walked back to her villa , but Miguel stopped her by closing the door , and insisting that she wait for a golf cart . |
| 21 | She stopped him by resting a hand on his arm , and spoke to him — it was the first time . |
| 22 | He was an anarchist , she could tell , even though her son shielded him by denying it . |
| 23 | Relieved Rangers manager Walter Smith knew it would need something special to break Marseille 's French resistance , and McSwegan provided it by finishing off a superb move started by Ian Durrant . |
| 24 | Having already told them how I proposed they should move I demonstrated it by moving one of the pepper pots around the table . |
| 25 | Dad fixed it by removing all four wheels and with an effort we dragged it back into position . |
| 26 | Anxious to do things properly , however , Charles sought the best specialist advice which he could get ; he found it by consulting eminent jurists of the legal centres of Bologna , Montpellier , Orléans , and Toulouse . |
| 27 | In 1864 the Mercury complained about the ‘ country louts who disfigured themselves by daubing their faces with red and black paint , and by weaning bonnets , gowns and shawls … ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I involved myself by phoning the hotel to find out from the boss what was going on . |
| 29 | Nothing is known of its activities , but Vikings normally maintained themselves by raiding the country within a wide range of their base . |
| 30 | For this purpose they appointed to serve under them a staff of foresters , carrying bows and arrows , for whom they were personally responsible , and who maintained themselves by levying contributions from the forest inhabitants . |