Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv prt] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They handed people , patients , on to each other , they were known and sought out by the desperate among both clergy and laity . |
| 2 | Everyone comes in and goes out by the front . " |
| 3 | Then the handful of riders wheeled their mounts in wild haste , and rode back by the way they had come , and after them in headlong pursuit streamed Reginald de Grey and his knights and men-at-arms . |
| 4 | The first is the period of oral tradition when the stories of Jesus were used and passed on by the Church . |
| 5 | And just as human wisdom is only perceived and passed on by the human spirit inside us , so it is with the truth of God . |
| 6 | Companies ' interim and preliminary statements should be reviewed and reported on by the auditor before publication . |
| 7 | A final factor affecting the erosion of cliff coasts composed of hard rock is the load of stones and boulders stirred up and moved about by the waves . |
| 8 | Then he went quiet and knelt down by the redhead . |
| 9 | The research was supported by WACC and carried out by the Centre for Artistic and Cultural Research ( ceneca ) with the aim of encouraging TV networks to carry programmes that would improve the quality of young people 's lives and thereby enhance their contribution to national life . |
| 10 | The General Household Survey is conducted annually , and the Family Expenditure Survey and New Earnings Survey are commissioned by government departments and carried out by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys . |
| 11 | The coroner 's jury had even brought in a sensational verdict , that ‘ the murder was organised and carried out by the Royal Irish Constabulary , officially directed by the British Government , and we return a verdict of wilful murder against David Lloyd George , Prime Minister of England … . ’ |
| 12 | Some of these other forms of treatment — even some that are advised and carried out by the medical profession — are the clinical equivalent of the extraordinarily inhuman ( and ineffective ) previous " treatment " of cancer patients by pulling out all their teeth . |
| 13 | The WARM ( Waste As Raw Material ) report was commissioned by the Gateway supermarket chain and carried out by the Land Bank consultancy . |
| 14 | And in fact the there , most of the traffic calming is actually being paid for and carried out by the developer for that scheme . |
| 15 | To Marian it seemed that she and Allen were being overwhelmed and carried along by the rush of sound and the race of the sun up the sky , as though they were part of the birds ' song and the general triumphant awakening of the dawn . |
| 16 | Our goal is solely to establish whether , in a practical ensemble torn apart by antagonism ( whether there are multiple conflicts or whether they are reduced to one ) the breaks themselves are totalizing and carried along by the totalizing movement of the ensemble . |
| 17 | Marie squints like she 's hurt herself and squats down by the chair . |
| 18 | It was unfair to the defendant and came about by the calculated action of the police to lull Newall into a false sense of security , he added . |
| 19 | ‘ You went out and came back by the yard door ? ’ |
| 20 | It 's possible that he tiptoed down the passage and came in by the main door . |
| 21 | Anna shut the door again , she did not know that Mena had followed her , and walked round the house and came in by the terrace , a smile on her face . |
| 22 | Somehow a collection for the next few months was cobbled together and gobbled up by the hungry customers . |
| 23 | The five ancestors are generally regarded as the sole survivors of the Shaolin temple after it was sacked and burned down by the Ching emperor 's army . |
| 24 | The house is seized by the demolition contractors , its park invaded and churned up by the tractors and trailers of the timber merchant . |
| 25 | They had left the path and turned up by the side of the long Nissen hut when Len paused and , half turning to Joe , he said , ‘ You know , you still did n't answer my question earlier on information concerning one Joseph Jebeau . |
| 26 | This clock can be turned on by the START signal , causing the motor to run at a stepping rate equal to the clock frequency , and turned off by the STOP signal , in which case the motor is halted . |
| 27 | Application 02/91/0180 for a residential development on this land was made by the Land and Properties Sub-Committee , and turned down by the Planning Committee on 4th April 1991 . |
| 28 | Along the top of the bank was the Ben Tee path , leading to a stile and wending up by the burn — rather than towards the peak — so I just headed over the dried-out moor for the steady ascent to the summit . |
| 29 | She eased herself out of the lounger and plopped down by the edge of the swimming-pool and plunged her aching foot , bandage and all , into the cool water . |
| 30 | He had his back to me , so I just sneaked in and hid down by the side of the dresser . |