Example sentences of "was [adv prt] by the " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	I have a suspicion that somehow the heating was on by the time they reached their new destination .
2	Now when I was down by the river at half seven … ’
3	The shipmaster was down by the mast , ready to lower the cross-spar with its square sail , and the crew were flexing their muscles and setting oars in the rowlocks to slide out for the turn up against the wind into Duart Bay .
4	It was down by the old meat-packing warehouses .
5	‘ I had some time off while I was working in Los Angeles and I was down by the hotel pool .
6	And he said he 'd had a whiskies and he was down by the station and he said he jumped on the train and he landed up in De Detroit , and then the South African War broke out
7	Perhaps there had been a gust while he was over by the engine ?
8	The local boom in copper was over by the year of Waterloo , but mining continued until 1883 , and a windmill , whose tower remains , was built to help pump water from the quarry .
9	Meg was over by the fire .
10	‘ My spirits , too , ’ agreed the old lady , throwing a wry glance at Theda , who was over by the windows .
11	Rafiq was over by the window , reading a technical magazine .
12	I waved to the toddling girl who was over by the window again , banging a fist on the pane and watching the rain drizzle down .
13	I was over by the Orchard and then this .
14	‘ I 'll say , ’ Ven snarled , and was over by the door , blocking out the light from the sitting-room when , ‘ I never did like my women that clinging ! ’ he barked brutally .
15	Rocastle was the only player who was up by the halfway line when we broke away , all too frequently and any long punt by the defence fell to the feet of Blackburn players .
16	Yeah I , I , I think , I think it was about by the time he , he 'd had this allowance from you know going to College , I , I think it left him with about twenty seven bob a week , which was n't bad you know .

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