Example sentences of "by in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Astrid was married , kids and mortgage , but the summer had rocketed by in a riot of colours and joy , and autumn found Astrid divorced and coming to the end of being in love with Jay . |
| 2 | But the days flash by in a blur . |
| 3 | One colleague , Jackie Tillman , got wind one day of a piece of the drama in which North and Owen were engaged ; she heard that Owen , standing in the rain outside the White House , had handed $2,000–3,000 in cash to a Meskito Indian leader passing by in a car . |
| 4 | Tower Bridge , Buckingham Palace , Trafalgar Square passed by in a whirl of excitement . |
| 5 | The bits and pieces of competitor information that flow by in a constant stream may be true or false , relevant or irrelevant , confirmed or unconfirmed , positive or negative , deceptive or insightful . |
| 6 | I was the centre of their universe and my first seven years sped by in a whirl of buckskin shoes , party frocks , pet rabbits and circus trips . |
| 7 | The day had streaked by in a blur of concentration and counting . |
| 8 | A Messiah record will never pass you by in a blur of bpm functionalism . |
| 9 | The Aeronca is very definitely a machine from which to appreciate the fun side of flying , as the countryside passes by in a very relaxed fashion . |
| 10 | Whilst the 20th century flies by in a welter of new productions , 18th century Vienna stands aloof . |
| 11 | Two red-legged partridges scurried by in a panic . |
| 12 | The years went by in a bundle of exercise books , seasons succeeding one another as flycatchers came and went , orchids were noted and then vanished , temperatures varied from the normal . |
| 13 | Sunday went by in a haze , long and grey and unreal . |
| 14 | Their known , nearly identical faces , slid by in a wave of tawdry dinner jackets , sequinned old lace . |
| 15 | Summer seemed to have flitted by in a space of days . |
| 16 | The morning passed by in a flurry of activity , and she barely saw Dane , except for a fleeting moment as he rushed headlong along the corridor , pausing long enough to drop a kiss on her lips that turned her knees to water . |
| 17 | flounced by in a succession of street festivals , |
| 18 | Coaches and four and post chaises went thundering by in a lather of horses , their occupants cheering and whooping as each milestone was passed . |
| 19 | It was the Regent Street of Cairo ; except that in Regent Street you would not see a man walking by with a stuffed crocodile on his head or a pig being carried by in a cage . |
| 20 | It whirled by in a blur of faceless people and formless surroundings . |
| 21 | The days were too short and the nights rushed by in a whirlwind of passion . |
| 22 | The BBC 's current panic is that there is potential Government pressure against licences increasing as the years go by in an age of free market competition . |