Example sentences of "[noun] have gone by " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the decades have gone by , scholarly work has piled up , so that this category of book has taken a larger , longer and much more expensive form than before . |
| 2 | Since they started they had no coordination , = when I was saying up they were going down , but as the weeks have gone by they 've actually gradually got better and they can smile while they are doing it erm as well , whereas before it was erm one great big grimace . |
| 3 | At the time he said never again , but a few years have gone by and he has a different perception . |
| 4 | As the years have gone by , much doubt has been cast on the approaches even by people closely involved in them . |
| 5 | In what is perhaps the most usual response to these altered judgements against crime between pre-war and postwar years , of course , it is suggested that such incidents have become ‘ more serious ’ or ‘ more violent ’ as the years have gone by . |
| 6 | They resented us in the beginning but I think as the years have gone by and they have seen the facilities that a new town has brought to their advantage I think they 're more acceptable now , but they did resent us in the beginning . |
| 7 | Maybe in some distant galaxy these conditions did arise , and the result , if enough millions of years have gone by , is an ethereal , wispy form of life . |
| 8 | and I thought , shall I send a card , and I thought no , cos that many years have gone by |
| 9 | ‘ Evil communications corrupt good manners , ’ says a Greek proverb , and in the polarised world we live in , where name calling and counter-check is the order of the day , it is not surprising that good manners and etiquette have gone by the board . |
| 10 | Their principles have gone by the board . |
| 11 | Many letters from friends have gone by the wayside but I have kept those from Emily Carr . |
| 12 | Since then village children have gone by bus to the primary school in neighbouring Melbourne . |
| 13 | But Floyd 's air of mock humility , constant stream of self-reflexive comments ( 'Quick cut away ; lots and lots of minutes have gone by now ’ ) and bossy remarks to the cameraman were as refreshing as ever . |