1.   He coaxed the fire to burn by blowing on it.

2.   And so when the heat was intense, I was in the kitchen burning by myself.

3.   And Wall Street, feeling burned by the high-profile failure of some biotech drugs, are turning to other investment options.

4.   A star burns by fusing the nuclei of its hydrogen and helium atoms together.

5.   Burned by the spectacular market meltdowns in South Korea, Thailand and Indonesia, fund managers are counting on indexes as a way to hedge their bets.

6.   But how long can political celebrity last for someone whose presidential campaign peaked with a string of primary wins in February and had crashed and burned by late March?

7.   Congress, badly burned by spending hundreds of millions on failed computer systems for other agencies, wanted assurance from the bureau that the system would work.

8.   Corpses, small and often frail, pile up only to be picked at by carrion birds and eventually burned by residents to rid the air of the stench.

9.   Eszterhas fans who were bored and burned by Showgirls will find Jade to be a more satisfying commodity.

10.   For every Serb homestead damaged by NATO warplanes, there are hundreds of Kosovar homes looted and burned by Serb marauders.