Example sentences of "i [verb] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | What I mean by the ‘ graphology ’ of drawing is the study of the line , of the pure graphic quality , of the stroke , not that of the subject represented or the style . |
| 3 | I would like to give you just one illustration to show what I mean by the disintegrating influence of a dynamic force . |
| 4 | I mean by the time you get to a two years . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I mean by the piece I 'm reading you today , I 've already submitted to the B B C and if I sell it |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | This is an important part of what I intend by the transnational capitalist class ( TCC ) , but with two important differences . |
| 9 | I passed by the field of a sluggard , |
| 10 | Kenneth checked in and , conscious of several pairs of curious eyes , I posed by the fireplace trying to look haughty and English and thinking how good my sombrero and black rubber raincoat looked against the red brick . |
| 11 | On a crazy impulse , I knelt by the bunk , hands together , eyes tight shut : ‘ Dear Heavenly Father , please … ’ |
| 12 | I knelt by the broken man . |
| 13 | I wandered by the shore towards the harbour |
| 14 | Nor am I impressed by the floodgates argument — it is said that the Divisional Court would be overwhelmed by applications to review visitors ' decisions . |
| 15 | At Kingsdale I stopped by the road and had a bite to eat before striking off up the fell to Whernside , following the wall that leads upwards towards the summit . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Then a fortnight ago I had a cataract removed , but there must have been more to it than that , because not only am I startled by the brightness of things , but the vision in that eye is practically perfect , so I am not wearing glasses most of the time , though for faint or small print ( not piano music : hooray ) I shall have to get some more specs . |
| 18 | I wait by the gate as they pick their way down to the slimy bottom of the dip . |
| 19 | During a quick wander round the accessible parts of the ship at the end of the evening I noticed a wonderful old binnacle , preserved from the former Royal Yacht , Victoria and Albert , and before leaving I rested by the quarter deck rail to listen to the ship 's Royal Marine Band play classical selections on the quayside . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Pondering these problems , I stand by the window . |
| 22 | Does she think that I have no feelings , or have been struck deaf because I stand by the kitchen door , silent ? |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Two hours later , I pass by the exact same spot on Michigan and East Walton and they 're still playing The Flintstones ! |
| 25 | I pass by the house now and then but it does n't seem awfully real to me yet . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Er suggested that the officers have a joint meeting and get together and actually ask them what transport to be given the figures er for night flights so that they could and so on , and I know by the recent customer complaints and I believe members attended the meeting of those four Councils so that I think that discuss that . |
| 28 | They never ever mention them bloody things , they were them windscreen wipers which I ordered before Christmas and it 's , it 's ridiculous , cos that 's , I know I can eh , I know by the er , by the er , that 's where I sent them back to that Brian Mill whatever I call it , well |
| 29 | My respected landladies , who are the double-distilled quintessence of considerateness and island hospitality , would think all good would leave their abodes if a dweller beneath their roof left fasting , so , in spite of all my entreaties to the contrary , a cup of tea was prepared to forestall my start ; and as I walked by the river-side and reached a road that skirts a number of very massive peat-stacks , and displays on the landward side an interminable host of peat-pits , the geniality of the sunshine was felt , and I would gladly have slackened my pace were it not that by so doing my good friends at Gress ( some eight miles from Stornoway , where I was due at eight o'clock , if I remember rightly ) , might have waited breakfast for me . |
| 30 | I have extracted a vast number of chocolates from automatic machines ; I have obtained cigarettes , toffee , scent , and other things that I dislike by the same machinery ; I have weighed myself with sublime results ; and this sense not only of the healthiness of popular things , but of their essential antiquity and permanence is still in possession of my mind . |