Example sentences of "you [vb base] by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you not know that what you belittle by the name tree is but the mere four-dimensional analogue of a whole multidimensional universe which — no , I can see you do not . |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't know what you mean by the lot , ’ he said . |
| 3 | IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU MEAN BY THE TERM |
| 4 | IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU MEAN BY THE TERM |
| 5 | ‘ Well , ’ King George replied , ‘ you ca n't change the world if you sit by the fire . |
| 6 | The lowest line shows what happens if you deflate by the rise in NHS salaries and prices . |
| 7 | Like you say by the time the sun comes round ? |
| 8 | As you climb by the road , you see a ring of mountains to your right which you might easily take to be the Cirque de Troumouse , but this is in fact yet a third cirque , that of Estaubé , intermediate between Gavarnie and Troumouse , imposing in its own right if too withdrawn properly to enclose you , as a good cirque should . |
| 9 | You stand by the window with a pathetic glass of lemonade while all father 's secretaries drink champagne and try to make conversation with hoards of people who do n't know enough to speak English . |
| 10 | I 'll get my head down first , you stand by the gun and give me a shout in two hours ’ time . |
| 11 | ‘ No , my dear , they are concerned with ratings and as you stand by the sink drowned in misery you may console yourself that your loss has been radio 's gain . |
| 12 | Like Billy were he lives , he lives on by the courts , you know by the Law Centre ? |
| 13 | He was interviewed as you know by the clerk , by our groundsman , and a councillor . |
| 14 | I feel quite fit by the time I get back , you know by the time I 've done |
| 15 | That 's the you know by the time sort of office workers are going in , they 've done all the streets and all the pavements but while they 're doing it it 's a hell of a mess . |
| 16 | you know by the time you add all that time up it 's high . |
| 17 | I also thinking about what we 're going to do is we would end up sounding like a Foster and Allen song anyway you know not deliberately but I think you know by the time we 'd have have by the time we do the way we 'd be able to do it it would sound like Foster and Allen . |
| 18 | Did you know that there 's like a huge chance that you 'll marry someone you know by the time you 're eighteen ? |
| 19 | And providing you are eligible and you reply by the closing date , your acceptance into the Personal Accident Plan is guaranteed . |
| 20 | What what to you understand by the term malleable ? |
| 21 | Allow just a little longer if you go by the motorway leading to the north from Zurich . |
| 22 | If you go by the side of the college you 'll see it from the |
| 23 | I 'll hand them up to you from the bottom of the steps , and you stay by the cart . ’ |
| 24 | We have long accepted the principle that ‘ if you live by the river you must make friends with the crocodile ’ and prepare for the certainty that sooner or later winds of hurricane force will hit the islands . |
| 25 | Oh-so spiritual Mark : if you live by the sword … |
| 26 | In most rooms you can add to what you have by the addition of a spur , connected to the existing ring circuit . |