Example sentences of "i [vb past] by [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I failed by one shot when I should have made it easily , and that gave me the kick up the backside I needed . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Was n't he washing himself when Tom and I passed by last night just after eight o'clock ? |
| 3 | Whilst I was not physically built as an athlete , I found by hard training I could make the track and cross-country teams . |
| 4 | I hoped , though , that you would n't mind if I stopped by this morning ? |
| 5 | This is not in terms of methodology , I hasten to add , for I learned by first-hand practice in the late 1960s that the application of scientific methods of investigation in the so-called ‘ agricultural-botany ’ model had little value in developing understanding in education . |
| 6 | This is not in terms of methodology , I hasten to add , for I learned by first-hand practice in the late 1960s that the application of scientific methods of investigation in the so-called ‘ agricultural-botany ’ model had little value in developing understanding in education . |
| 7 | I had by this time spent some years in the States , including a year living in an Anglican theological college , and had watched my friends become ordained . |
| 8 | I had by this time met the latter . |