Example sentences of "come [adv prt] by [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet someone had come in by that door , very softly , and was now motionless just within it , hesitating to advance into the choir and interrupt the second office of the day . |
| 2 | The optimum completion time has come down by one minute to 11 minutes and more time is being allowed on the roads and tracks section before the cross country . |
| 3 | If it is , it has to have come about by Darwinian selection of fluke genes . |
| 4 | The rabbits gave them a wide berth and came through by another gap farther up , close to the gnarled trunk of an old crabapple tree . |
| 5 | Additions to a cluster can of course come about by internal investment in greenfield projects ( such as an accountancy firm starting up its own insolvency practice ) , as well as by acquisition or merger . |
| 6 | This refocusing could come about by individual students following particular pathways determined by them in negotiation , not only with teachers , but also with mentors in the business and wider communities . |
| 7 | Its growth , therefore , does not come about by territorial gains , but by individuals and groups submitting their wills to that of their Heavenly King . |
| 8 | Come in by 8.30 Monday morning ’ . |
| 9 | These resemblances come about by single-step selection , that is to say by a single coincidence . |
| 10 | If she comes out by that hole her only route must be through the cage , in which she is then recaptured . |
| 11 | On the dates that you 've anticipated if Mr comes back by that time we 'll be able to absorb the post , but it 's likely that he may move on from this , because it 's a fairly substantial move up . |