Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bonus is combined with your normal pension payment for the first week in December , so if you have not received it by the end of that month ask at your local Social Security office . |
| 2 | I began to tremble violently and would have fainted , had he not grabbed me by the elbow and guided me to a low wall , where I slumped down . |
| 3 | Oh bugger me I 'm , there 's no way I 'm not doing it by the books |
| 4 | For its part , the trial does not test factual accuracy alone and does not test it by the same method as that employed by the police in their own investigation . |
| 5 | If mail did not reach them by the time of their discharge from care , it was not intentional . |
| 6 | ‘ We are looking at voluntary redundancy , early retirement , job swaps , but if we ca n't do it by the end of the year we will have to look at compulsory redundancy . ’ |
| 7 | no , but I could get it on the Tuesday , she said if you had n't got it by the Tuesday , to let us know on the Wednesday |
| 8 | Well I think if that was me I 'd have that done now in case you do n't like it by the time you you get married and that could be growing again . |
| 9 | He could n't see him by the house or in the trees at the bottom of the big lawn . |
| 10 | If yours has n't reached you by the end of July , or you live outside the London area but fancy coming up for the occasion , please phone Pensions Department on freefone 0800 262 072 . |
| 11 | Yeah you ca n't set it by the book |
| 12 | One of the most respected of our club members , on our committee of management , Pavel Pavlovich Gaganov , an elderly man ad highly esteemed , had formed the innocent habit of following anything he had to say with the vehement addition , ‘ No , sir , you ca n't lead me by the nose ! ’ |
| 13 | If they do n't play it by the end of the tour I 'm gon na shit on your head . ’ |
| 14 | You ca n't raise it by the way . |
| 15 | He said , ‘ I did n't shake you by the hand when I met you . |