Example sentences of "i [vb base] by the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I mean by the stylistics of representation concerns the connection between individual features of the language of a text and individual features of its content , an interest which is much more characteristic of modern approaches to literature . |
| 2 | I mean by the piece I 'm reading you today , I 've already submitted to the B B C and if I sell it |
| 3 | I mean by the time you get to a two years . |
| 4 | Timothy will take his O levels you see during the summer term , well I mean by the end of June he 'd of finished those so that |
| 5 | Before going on to analyse the kinds of blocking technique one might nevertheless use , I want to briefly explain what I mean by the terms ‘ open ’ and ‘ closed ’ sides when referring to a stance . |
| 6 | It takes only a few minutes down to the shore , and I stop by the pier where one or two herring gulls are sitting rather listlessly , and a couple of hooded crows are poking about on the beach . |
| 7 | I wait by the gate as they pick their way down to the slimy bottom of the dip . |
| 8 | Does she think that I have no feelings , or have been struck deaf because I stand by the kitchen door , silent ? |
| 9 | Pondering these problems , I stand by the window . |
| 10 | And to be more explicit and to show you how tall I stand by the giant , I will put down a simile of human life as far as I now perceive it ; that is , to the point to which I say we both have arrived at . |
| 11 | Erm , I find myself agreeing with what Mr Courcier said , er , about Hambledon , I do n't think it realistic to expect existing settleme , villages within the area of search to form a nucleus for a new settlement , they 're simply too small and would be swamped by any development , and also the er I stand by the statements made yesterday about the environmental quality of the settlements , about there form , settings , and characters , and I really do n't think that they could form the nucleus of a new settlement . |
| 12 | I pass by the house now and then but it does n't seem awfully real to me yet . |
| 13 | I pass by the ward where people are dying of AIDS ; these are the lucky ones — their families have brought them to hospital and they are being cared for . |
| 14 | ‘ I reckon by the time we 're 22 we 'll be doing a folk album , ’ yells Hugo , worryingly . |
| 15 | I reckon by the time we finish this year , we 'll have spent £4,000 on training and equipment for Fiona . ’ |
| 16 | Might the Mr Chairman I was just wondering if it 's worth just mentioning that the , since the Redhill Airport proposal which does include a privately funded motorway link erm point erm has gone to and has been called in to the determination I believe by the Minister , but er we are sort of pending er holding our horses until that er er is nearer the time is that not perhaps |
| 17 | Yes , I readily accept that , er my general proposition is in er connection with the settlement pattern of York , and it is necessary clearly to have er careful regard to that existing settlement pattern , erm if I may refer to the helpful plan that has in fact been produced , I believe by the County Council , it is in fact an appendix to B two zero zero four , er this plan does actually indicate the general extent of the settlements outside the outer ring road of York . |
| 18 | ‘ I find by the time I get to the last houses on Christmas Eve , rum custard has congealed into a nasty skin , ’ he said . |
| 19 | Yes I suppose by the time she 's here look different . |
| 20 | Ah , I bet by the end of it you were quite amazed to find yourself still inexplicably tied up . ’ |
| 21 | I also know how to get the red-tailed buzzard out of a tree at night , so if it flies off I stay by the tree in which it settles until dark , then I go and fetch sticks and a torch so that I can see what I 'm doing . |
| 22 | I think by the weekend I may be happier still . ’ |
| 23 | Err I think by the way I 've pretty much got all the the areas wrapped up in Scotland if we can just get going and we can get |
| 24 | I think by the looks of it . |
| 25 | Jane 's have some I think by the look of things . |
| 26 | I think by the demonstration this morning that people are not prepared to see the building fall down and I think that , erm if necessary , people will do everything within their power to prevent the erm the contractors moving in . |
| 27 | I am very happy , in fact , that the whole the whole process the whole business of erm switching the system has been accepted and in fact even welcomed I think by the unions . |
| 28 | I have heard her called a professional invalid , but I think by the time she retired to bed she must have been genuinely worn out , and duty done , how seductive must have been the temptation to escape into that room at the end of the house , with its garden door , and warm fire ; to write poetry , like Elizabeth Barrett Browning , and to be waited on by her daughter ( ‘ Coming , Mother ! ’ ) who would , and did , cope with the house and the shop and even my grandfather . |
| 29 | And I think by the time we get |
| 30 | And I think by the time she 'd finished it would be half price , she 'd walk out with the thing half price , and she 'd say , well you know , it 's just , they make up prices and you go to another shop and it would be the half price marked , and you go into another shop it would be , you know , |