Example sentences of "[be] go by the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Judging from early games in this country , and especially by the dreadful Leicester v England match , our referees are going by the book and will blow rucks and mauls dead far more quickly .
2 Of course , belonging may be gone by the board , historically speaking , she advises herself , wiping her face with this American paper dinner napkin and not wishing to be personal , to use a bygone phrase .
3 And , as I stooped to get back under cover , I recalled that there would , even from the sanest , be a concession to superstition that would be gone by the morning , a belief that the beginning of the year foreshadowed the character of the rest .
4 The travellers have promised they 'll be gone by the end of the weekend .
5 ‘ I expect you to be gone by the time I get back . ’
6 I 'll be gone by the time you wake up in the morning .
7 ‘ You said you 'd be gone by the time I got up . ’
8 Only 7 nuns remain at Bartestree and they 'll be gone by the time auctioneers sell off the contents of the convent in 3 weeks time .
9 Only 7 nuns remain at Bartestree and they 'll be gone by the time auctioneers sell off the contents of the convent in 3 weeks time .
10 And you have an A G M once a year and every , everything is goes by the vote , you know if president 's , there 's no time limit .
11 So that 's gone by the wayside . .
12 he says he was going by the horse like
13 You could tell how a party was going by the number of items of Jo-Jo 's clothing scattered about the dance floor .
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