Example sentences of "by the [noun sg] you [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only found you this morning , and reckoning by the tide you could n't have been there long . |
| 2 | In 1991 , I added Czechoslovakia to the programme and if you select a holiday there or a resort in Poland or Hungary , you will be delighted not only by the beautiful scenery but also by the welcome you will receive . |
| 3 | You may have to contend with hidden antagonisms or even resentments , but by the weekend you will find it easier to respond to the moods or demands of a partner . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | If you got left behind by the Army you 'd be lucky to come back alive , and that 's no exaggeration . |
| 6 | Oh , by the way you 'll only have one det well it you 've got the whole lot on this thing . |
| 7 | By the way you 'll be getting stool first things first . |
| 8 | Or you could put a little gunnysack full of food on a big boom , and you could control their speed by the way you would swing it . ’ |
| 9 | turns round to you half way through the job and says by the way you must do this . |
| 10 | Close by the Smithy you 'll find the Vale of the White Horse , The Uffington White Horse on Whitehorse Hill is the oldest hillside figure in the country . |
| 11 | By the side you ca n't with a terrace , can you really , yeah , I think any terrace , surely would have two doors on the front , would n't it ? |
| 12 | With some punch lace designs , if you reverse the lights from the setting intended by the designer you will get large areas knitted in the fine yarn only , which can look rather messy . |
| 13 | He definitely rises in your estimation throughout the book , and by the end you ca n't help liking and respecting him very much . |
| 14 | If you do , I 'll forget every agreement we ever had , and I 'll fight you with everything I 've got , so that by the end you wo n't have a shred of reputation left — ’ |
| 15 | By the time you get all this and counting all the years , by the time you 'll be able to afford it ! |
| 16 | The other table what we had before was better , was no much so much time involved , by the time you 'd screw them round and turn 'em , to saw them into blocks there was a lot of time involved in it . |
| 17 | I remember once , you know , getting and cutting a rabbit and things , by the time you 'd actually cut the thi damn thing |
| 18 | I mean , by the time you 'd set off walking you could set off at eleven and walk there till twelve go in there till two then you |
| 19 | Simply push the bulbs firmly into the soil , 9in apart , leaving the top third exposed , and by the autumn you 'll have clusters of plump bulbs to lift . |