Example sentences of "[pers pn] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You can not be satisfied with a system which means votes do not have equal value and where , unless you live in a marginal constituency elections pass you by on the other side . |
| 2 | Most sailing courses can provide buoyancy aids and waterproof clothing , while a pair of trainers and shorts will get you by with a borrowed lifejacket while crewing in the summer . |
| 3 | If you will not come to us I am resolved to bring Oreste to you by and by so you may see how he progresses which I hope will be as well as when he was under your care . |
| 4 | Once on board and moving , the excited anticipation of the platform left behind , in a trance of observation as the world passes you by . |
| 5 | You may have little or no choice about transferring some of your authority because of time pressures placed on you by , for example , the actions of senior management . |
| 6 | Time has passed you by . |
| 7 | They would pass you by . |
| 8 | Do n't let this summer pass you by without trying one of these tempting deserts . |
| 9 | There is nothing worse than being injured and watching all the games pass you by while you are out of action . ’ |
| 10 | You will have to think : the only thing that will get you by in life is your mind because you are not presentable in any other way . |
| 11 | A Messiah record will never pass you by in a blur of bpm functionalism . |
| 12 | Now you have given me something permanent to remember you by . |
| 13 | If you are unfamiliar with the ground , however , the stadium itself may well pass you by . |
| 14 | Do your own thing by all means , but do n't let opportunity pass you by . |
| 15 | Come straight back if you have no luck , otherwise you will find that meaty bits of Louis XIV 's foreign policy have just passed you by . " |
| 16 | threatening strangers passed you by . |
| 17 | Do your own thing by all means , but do n't let opportunity pass you by . |
| 18 | First , they by and large provide only aspatial or coarsely aggregated data , and second , the sample sizes needed to produce statistically meaningful data-sets mean that only national survey organizations can undertake the large surveys needed . |
| 19 | The majority of people that went through that service all had some recollection of things they did n't enjoy very much but they by and large thoroughly enjoyed their experience in the Army , it livened them up , it made them better men and we have got after all one of the best armies if not the best army in the world , it 's got to come from |
| 20 | The comic dimension of a line like ‘ Caroline and I went to Lockets for the husbands ’ and wives ' left-wing dinner' will have passed him by ; he is as earnest as he is sanctimonious . |
| 21 | The revolution in New Testament scholarship which had come about during the hundred years before he wrote The Problem of Pain appears to have passed him by . |
| 22 | His uncle seemed to be unaware that time had passed him by . |
| 23 | sped him by . |
| 24 | The end came this year during a charity concert ; Semie managed to complete his encore , but collapsed immediately afterwards — a true musician 's exit , and we 're lucky to have such bizarre and wonderful instruments to remember him by . |
| 25 | It was a long time since the Professor had addressed him by other than his Christian name . |
| 26 | Nine laps later , he was thirteenth ; at the halfway mark , eighth ; seventh came when Niki Lauda went off spectacularly ; sixth when he overtook a faltering Mike Hailwood ; fifth when on lap fifty-five he overtook Reutemann after many laps of cat and mouse with the Argentine , never an easy man to get by ; fourth , his finishing position , when his team-mate François Cevert gallantly waved him by . |
| 27 | Hendrix had just managed to squeeze his way into the '70s when the Grim Reaper of rock 'n' roll dragged him out of this world , leaving only the man 's music and ‘ wild man ’ image behind for future generations to remember him by . |
| 28 | Some referred to him as the Furie ; some as Zach or Zacho or Mr Zee ; others called him Gentle , which was the name she knew him by , of course ; still others John the Divine . |
| 29 | " There 'll be light enough to find him by . |
| 30 | Seven years ago he 'd gone away , leaving her nothing but the cup to remember him by ; it was so long ago that Crazy Jake , with his wide strange eyes and his queer stories , seemed more like a creature from a dream than a flesh-and-blood father . |