Example sentences of "go by [pers pn] be " in BNC.
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1 | Yeah , but you 've got ta me , do n't forget we 've got fitted wardrobes , so it 's going by it 's taking space off for the wardrobe . |
2 | It had to be , he had to do something or they would never have er got In other ways in was a lenient school because as the years went by it was , a register was called , a teacher er opened a book and we called numbers . |
3 | If British evidence is anything to go by it is often large and relatively dated production units that tend to be the first to close in periods of rationalisation . |
4 | And if recent reports are anything to go by it was n't only aircraft which were paying their respects to Parham yesterday . |
5 | As time goes by it is likely to find itself under increasing pressure , for the glossy men are now moving into the petrology field too . |