Example sentences of "by [pron] i [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | From evidence available this week , by which I mean the remarkable feats of sharp reflex and well-practised agility Peter Shilton performed against Poland in a crucial World Cup qualifying tie in Chorzow , England ought not to embark for Italy next summer without first packing trench tools and barbed wire , while giving some serious attention to the laying of mines in their penalty area . |
| 2 | Be aware of what is happening all over the world , but for goodness sake do n't allow the market — by which I mean the City — to guide the destiny of your company . |
| 3 | Hellen has remained my favourite gourmet cook ever since , by which I mean the last 38 years . |
| 4 | If I were you , sir , I 'd keep clear of Washington for some little time , by which I mean the rest of your life . ’ |
| 5 | By which I mean the range of potential response to the experience of climbing . |
| 6 | Coming out of the Musée Basque , and as you turn right to recross the Nive by the Pont Marengo , you can see facing you , a little upstream , a short sequence of the best , by which I mean the most distinctive , houses in Bayonne , narrow , half-timbered , six storeys high and standing none too straight . |
| 7 | The worst of it is , the Wild Wood is alive with the most hideous of micro-monsters ; by which I mean the so called Cathedral Bug — though ‘ bug ’ is too cosy a name for that black abortion — Satan 's Crab suits it better . |
| 8 | ( 3 ) Article 10 may be used when the common law ( by which I include the doctrines of equity ) is uncertain . |