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Sentence Examples At only 55 minutes, the album's twelve tracks go by in the blink of an eye. If the Chancellor's past record of predicting the budget deficit is anything to go by, this is almost certainly an underestimate. We sat in the window, munching croissants and sipping scalding hot coffee, watching the world go by. On February 6, I was sledding with my sons when I vaguely heard an ambulance go by. In South Africa a stoep is a raised veranda on which you sit and watch the world go by. Driving to Dublin has become such a nightmare that many people now prefer to go by air, or rail, which has far less hassle involved. Chile is a surprising source for this grape, but if this example is anything to go by, the future is bright. What I came to enjoy about the place was just sitting on that stair, having cups of tea and watching the world go by. These snakes are opportunistic feeders and never let a chance go by, so in went the second one. It's fascinating to watch the comments accrete in layers as the weeks go by. Compare that to Stamford Bridge or Highbury, for example, where more fans go by tube, and the local roads are a little more navigable. And it could be a good move if the success of the last up-and-coming star to perform there is anything to go by. I can see sitting out on the porch with a bottle of this and a jug of branch water, just watching the clouds go by. The slides are cyclical, meaning years may go by without them running at their largest, while trees grow larger and more breakable. I sat down and watched the world go by, feeling the panic melt, or, more accurately, the new breathing space it freed up as it left. If it's sunny, there's nothing finer than grabbing a pint at one of the many open-air pubs on the esplanade and watching the world go by. You don't want to lose that excited edge, but you should also be getting progressively more comfortable as dates go by. Another beautiful summers day, we had lunch on the street, all European-like, and watched the beautiful Brummies go by. Verily, we must be living in a golden age of journalism if the number of prize-winning rags and hacks is anything to go by. If the freak occurrences in pre-season testing are anything to go by, 2000 is threatening to be a vintage year. Show More Sentences The Hippeastrum, striking bulbous plants, with large trumpet-like leaves, go by the general name of Amaryliis. Against her mother's vigorous objections, Di decides to go by foot to the city to find Changyu. I stood by the curb of the road and waited for the cars to go by when I caught sight of the girl I bumped in the airport. If we believe Gordon's account, as relayed through Robert Peston, Blair ratted on a promise to go by November of last year. Having digital copies is all very well but they don't fade and discolour as the years go by. Pagan followers can go by the title of witches, Druids, heathens or shamans, and some adhere to the tradition of Wicca. I took my munchies back to the car, opened the windows wide, and sat there watching the world go by. If its tenacity in our garden is anything to go by, willowherb will survive any nuclear onslaught. People think cheerleaders are airheads if you go by how American films show them. But I can still remember back to when I could dangle my legs out of the shopping cart seat and watch the aisles go by. The public are wising up because if recent past elections are anything to go by apathetic turn outs just keep getting worse. It may just have been the electric-blue paintwork, but a lot of pedestrians stopped to watch me go by. But if that's anything to go by it's no wonder we never have decent Christmas lights. In class she could barely keep her mind on her work and working at the car shop seemed to go by as quickly as molasses. The derating may be overdone, if recent reports of bids by management teams at the three companies are anything to go by. Mr Clarke was clearly caught on the hop if his comments in response to our reporter's questions are anything to go by. Lawton is sure to impress the crowds with his new material, and if his last tour is anything to go by, tickets will be like gold dust. Please note that our general policy is go by the way you sign yourself in the body of the email. The world really doesn't give you a lot of roadmaps to go by for that stage of life. There was a cool, shaded garden and an excellent veranda from which to watch the street go by. Show More Sentences One of my favourite things is to sit on the top deck of a double-decker bus and watch the world go by beneath you. But if her autobiography is anything to go by, her success has come at a price. Anyway, some people go by month when determining birthstones, others go by the zodiac. If the early signs are anything to go by, resistance is likely to be every bit as fierce this time round. Should we really assume that all people everywhere want to collect digital ephemera and log their lives as they go by? If the exhibition preview is anything to go by, her vivid, shimmering canvases are certainly worth exploring. We've been working on the areas that have been letting us down and I'm hoping that as the weeks go by we get better and better. But not overly strong on our sense of irony, if the rhetorical bombast of this article is anything to go by. If television is anything to go by, there seems to be a huge appetite for shows about the love lives of rich New Yorkers. When such ventures are attempted in the private sector, they go by the name of pyramid or Ponzi schemes and constitute criminal fraud. He seems to still have a few friends around, if the motley crew taking up both sides of the stage are anything to go by. If the grand old manor house is anything to go by we are in for a pleasant surprise. I thought of the necessarily impersonal flurry of activity around the woman's window as she confusedly watched a now very small world go by. If your recent post is anything to go by, her love for you is as strong as ever! If the news conference to announce the clash was anything to go by, it could be a low-key affair. If the national press are anything to go by this is a play that makes for compulsive viewing. England played Germany and that was the only contest that seemed to matter, if the tabloids were anything to go by. So Bails arrives and we spend a couple of hours discussing the week that was, drinking and watching the world go by. He convinces her to go by promising a full congregation for her mission, and Sarah quickly takes to the milk drinks Sky orders for her. Because his career was on the line, Paar would go by the mailroom every day and check the current tally. Show More Sentences Certainly, if last night's showing was anything to go by, his work was somewhat abstract and obscure, and obviously an acquired taste. If body language was anything to go by, this was indeed a marriage made in heaven. In fact, as the months go by I have begun to see that Hilary would make a far finer wife than the errant Stella. This of course makes medical sense but the situation appears to be less manageable as the weeks go by. It permitted him to relax, lean back in the big comfortable seat and watch the scenery go by. Although I would prefer to go by ship, I will not buy a ticket from scalpers. This is a place to enjoy, watching the world go by or indulging in some quiet reflection, particularly on a warm summer's day. If his writing is anything to go by, it looks like the actor has a huge man crush on Ryan Gosling. If the current mania surrounding the technology is anything to go by, they'll be everywhere. He let two minutes go by, using the time indicator display in the view-finder. If the fact that their kitten was scratching and meowing to come into my place is anything to go by, it's not pretty. And I am sure she'll go far, if the sound thrashing I received is anything to go by. New research from Europe and the US suggests that identical twins become less identical as the years go by. Weeks go by and gradually we need to adapt our way of cooking according to the seasonal weather. I spent an entertaining 15 minutes sitting in the shopping centre watching the world go by. Choose a bar with a terrace near the old port and sit and watch the world go by as you sip a glass of pastis and soak up the sun. I guessed he must be getting his fair share of the evil eye too, if the bewildered expression he threw her was anything to go by. Normally, in this situation, I enjoy just sitting, watching the world go by. Even when I'm dozing, I'm usually aware of crew members occasionally strolling down the aisle, but ages go by without a single hostie appearing. I think I had watched the clock tick for 4 hours when it claimed only ten minutes had go by. Show More Sentences If sky-rocketing property prices are anything to go by, East London and her beautiful surrounds and the associated lifestyle are much in demand. With everything I could possibly want so close to hand, I began spending whole days sitting out there, watching the world go by. Profiling means making smart choices when you have nothing but externals to go by. Salford appeared on the up but the Northern Ford Premiership beckons if yesterday is anything to go by. So, when I go by plane, I'm careful not to eat too much beforehand, to make space for a tasty meal. Goatfish sometimes go by the nickname surmullets and their 40 or so species are widespread throughout the tropics. It is idyllic to sit on an early summer's evening with cocktail in hand, watching the world go by. I spent a leisurely morning sipping coffee and watching the world go by on the sidewalk near Venice Beach. As the years go by people forget where paintings are and they become lost to the art world. In the evening, walking out from work, I go by a house with chickens walking in the yard and a small dog orbiting on a chain. How much of the woman's life was spent on that chair watching the world go by? If you don't give a monkey's about hearts and minds, morality can go by the boards without affecting your chances of victory one iota. You wouldn't know where to start with a three-point turn if you had not been taught how to and had a go by yourself. Certainly, if early press reviews are anything to go by, King Kong should become another box office monster itself. I like standing on my step watching the world go by and I was forever seeing her walking these two donkeys of hers around the village. As the days go by, a preference for small checks and hound's-tooth jackets emerges. If our experience with water cooled mainframes is anything to go by, the question remains over where the bucket to catch the drips should be placed. The only shame was that we had to go back to work, and couldn't spend all afternoon watching the world go by, from the comfort of the leather sofa! If the latest trends are anything to go by, tourism trade watchers are hopeful that India will break the jinx of just 2.5 million foreign tourists a year. If the opinion of woolgrowers at a sheep industry seminar in Launceston is anything to go by, producers are pinning their hopes on a lift in prices. Show More Sentences I sat for a good long time over my skinny Grande Americano, sipping the strongly restorative liquid and watching the world go by as Graham went about his errands. Systems of price and rent control similarly go by the boards, as does the full range of tariffs, anti-dumping laws, and other impediments to international trade. The traditional principles of perspective usually go by the board, though many naive artists are capable of rendering distance and depth by their own means. However, the reality is that even this engagement is very much being seen as touch and go by the palace. We walked down to the waterfront, bought ice cream and sat on a bench on the edge of a pier, watching sailboats and cargo ships and the ferry go by. Few questions, no matter how fun and silly, go by without circling back to their accomplishments or future projects. The daily Willesden-Norwich services are due to go by the end of July, and most of the trains carrying second class post will cease running during September. A good shrink might argue, for example, that Scots seem not to like themselves very much, at least if their self-destructive streak is anything to go by. Halifax are the senior side in the competition and if their quarter-final win over Bradford Park Avenue is anything to go by they should reach the final. Most residents in the county are proud to keep their homes tidy and know how to have an untidy place by looking at the tip, every day, as we go by! Dad heard a truck go by and opened a window in our trailer to lean out. She continued to go by the surname Wilhelm, but Bill took her maiden name as a tribute to her. The nation has triumphed over a very difficult patch, and if the current economic gains are anything to go by, there is need to maintain industrial harmony. Her evidence was that the business was ready to go by March 2001, and that she was going to be the active partner, and her son-in-law would be the silent partner. We let youth slip from us regardless of the treasures it is bearing into oblivion, with the same unperceptiveness that lets the glories of spring go by unheeded. But as the years go by, we realize what a smashing wonderful star she was. It was very relaxing to watch the boats go by with their night lanterns on and on occasion feel the nibble from the fishing rod hoping you would catch the big one. Ray wanted to explain that a quick nip after breakfast and before lunch made the mind-numbing labor of sticking letters in their appropriate boxes go by a little smoother. Never a truer word has been spoken and if Blue's latest offering is anything to go by they are about to complete what has been a hearty and eventful meal. Years go by, we reacquaint, and slowly but surely, our relationship changed. Show More Sentences A live steel band will help ensure a carnival atmosphere surrounds the walk and, if previous years are anything to go by, scores of participants will be in fancy dress. And if his storming start is anything to go by, he will give up his last drop of energy as he looks to seal his own special place in Olympic history. If the abundance of leather, suede, sheepskin and fur heading for our high street fashion stores is anything to go by, the answer is a resounding yes. What it lacks in status and history, however, Croydon more than makes up for in sheer chutzpah, at least if its charismatic mayor is anything to go by. If the recent Central Bank report is anything to go by it is this younger group that is most heavily in debt in an increasingly indebted population. Miller was tacitly in favour of the open landscape, if his vivid and often sentimental descriptions of the surrounding open fields, commons and wastes are anything to go by. And I will never go by a firehouse again without realizing who is in there and what they do for a living and how they take good care of us, you know. If you go by what the experts and data crunchers say, the worker bees of the world are dooming the civilized, unhurried meal to an untimely death. We just saw a front loader go by to actually clear the roadway. I am not a fan of bus travel in general, with one exception, which is that I enjoy sitting in the front seat of the top deck of a double-decker bus and watching London go by. The 100 minutes go by effortlessly, although they aren't spent profitably. These sort of things scare the cattle, and then you have to like do a lot of rough handling to get them to go by there, like a wad of electric goads. If the track that approaches it from the east was anything to go by, it occupied a near invincible state of isolation, protected by gorges, mountains and precipitous passes. I'm male and go by the Russian diminutive of my legal name, Sasha. By the time you get your new routine into place, she will be back out with her own crowd and your plans will go by the wayside. Adrian Lewis could go by the wayside if he does not beat Peter Wright, who will himself fall if 'Jackpot' and Barney win to save their skins. In addition, district officials wanted to remove piping from beneath artificial turf to minimize repairs as the years go by. If the Twingo is anything to go by, the less powerful engine will be nicer to drive but a over long ances and the untier one will e the opposite. If Lachlan Murdochs Christmas cards were anything to go by, the next mogul in the Murdoch media dynasty will do things a little differently. A couple were intimidating,'' said Holmes, whose name is Cordelia but likes to go by Cori. Show More Sentences There are interviews with veteran dancers, who go by exotic names as Satan's Angel, and today's tassel twirlers. Stifler is also in town and he isn't going to let the special event go by without trying to have some fun himself. But there is still a place for the traditional, old fashioned trattoria if the packed tables at La Trattoria Molisana are anything to go by. One day, maybe, we'd go by Rabbi Leibish, Rabbi Leibish would show him how you take a trafe knife and get it kosher again. It's an hour-long cruise with a buffet lunch and a serenader and live music onboard, while I watched the 'boholic' countryside go by. But would I be able to manage with just a hammer, a screwdriver, an Allen key and a diagram of stick-men to go by? Q I WOULD like to go by overnight motorail from Belgium to Salzburg instead of driving. Obtaining recuperative rest is aided by quiet, not by having ambulance sirens go by every five minutes. And if this saggy neck is anything to go by then the gorgeous KIM CATTRALL is, erm, ageing somewhat. Flexo, offset and silkscreen printers are not about to go by way of the rotary phone, cassette tapes and the card catalog. Trusts go by many different names, depending on the characteristics or the purpose of the trust. And if the approving glances three-legged Jacob gave it are anything to go by, it could prove the cat's whiskers for moggies needing a new start. In fact, on the coast of Somalia, many years can go by without any rain whatsoever. The Cornwall Controller decides whether the patient should go by land ambulance or be flown to hospital on the Air Ambulance. Just sit and relax and watch the world go by as you travel through Italy, Spain or Austria on an exciting range of busman's holidays. But it looks like he's swapped the Pistols for rissoles if his expanding waistline is anything to go by. Weeks go by, and lonely man and beast form an unlikely, weirdly eroticized bond. Make no mistake, Fenlon's coat is still hanging on the shakiest of pegs if the fans' reaction at the weekend is anything to go by. Few days go by without seeing an article addressing some issue related to bark beetles. Practice varies where monarchs go by two or more given names. Show More Sentences But as we are a party of six with four youngsters, would it be cheaper to go by rail then hire a car locally or even to take our own people carrier on the Motorail to Brive? Polly kept on the go by signing up for the Cateran Yomp, a 22, 36 or 54-mile cross country walk in Perthshire, which she completed when Jamie was just four months old. I think I'll just sit under this tree and watch the world go by. Downstairs the pride of the cafe is a range of gourmet teas which go by the unlikely names of Gunpowder, Black-unpowder, Blackcurrant Pop and Spiced Masala Chai. These, wanting wit, affect gravity, and go by the name of solid men. Okay, there's no value in that but the motormouth Prince, if recent bouts are anything to go by, just might need a few rounds to dispatch the latest rope-a-dope. Without an actual apple to go by, pomologists determined the tree was an Albermarle Pippin, based on its growth habit, foliage, and the variety's popularity in Chapman's day. The Transit is unlikely to go by the wayside any time soon as the Transit Connect goes on sale in America and Ford has recently expanded production in Turkey. And Van Persie fittingly had the final word with seconds to go by escaping Chelsea's defence once more to thump high past Cech in front of Arsenal's joyous supporters. Examples from Classical Literature The cavaliers compel their horses to prance and curvet as they go by some lady of especial favor. Whereas if you go by sea, you can coast along from here to Sinope, and from Sinope to Heraclea. We started on our march to Clarksburg in the afternoon, to go by way of Harpers Ferry to take the cars there, to the former place. Then he knew that to tell Locke he did not care to go to the island and later to go by himself would have been sneakingly selfish. You'd go by the book if it told yuh to stand 'im on his head in the ice chest! It speaks for itself and will be of increasing influence as the years go by. For had she not seen him go by but a few moments before in the ingleside coach? Those who go by the interborough tube will probably find that changed conditions have rendered many of these rules obsolete. And he that will go by another way, must go by the plains of Romania, coasting the sea. For the lease could not, and the reversion would not be likely to, go by disseisin. People go by, so drenched and draggle-tailed that I have often wondered how they found the heart to undress. I was tired of trying to steer a course for myself, with no compass to go by. Lapsang showed us great politeness, and asked us as a personal favor to him to go by the Lumpiya Pass. Some of you dry-dock conservative ducks would have let it go by, but papa is nothing if not adventurous. My rooms are all en suite, and I come and go by a private door and private staircase communicating with my bed-room. You can sit there, after the paper's read, sip your expresso and watch the people go by. But if Western trends are anything to go by, this is a temporary state of affairs. He saw her go by, young and alert in the sunshine, and the May air stirred the curtains. My mechanics knew that I should probably not allow such a favorable moment to go by unutilized. If you go by the Canadian Pacific, like a letter in a postbag, it takes only a few days over three weeks. Show More Sentences By my sowl thin, you know betther thoughts than your own, Mr. whippersnapper, if that's the name you go by. After discussion we decided to go by an overland route as far as the river Yonne, down which we sailed until we reached the mouth. In front of the pool hall, men sat on the hitching rail watching the farm girls go by. And with such a sign to go by, there must've been shenanigans goin' on to make things go wrong! I was sure that with definite plans to go by Perry could oversee the construction of an adequate flotilla. He should bring an almanac with him to know when the days go by. Thence I send him to Athens, and to-morrow he will go by way of Brindisi. When we got downtown I found that we could go by rail to within five miles of Heilbronn. Let him learn that every thing in nature, even motes and feathers, go by law and not by luck, and that what he sows he reaps. I have no taste for those excesses which go by the name of conviviality. You can go by Switzerland or by the corniche route, as you please. All day I have been lying in my deck chair, and have let the world go by. We will go by devious ways, and so, I hope, will reach Sherwood in safety. I lift off my old head, place it on a table before me, and use the face for a pattern to go by. In the fishery, they usually go by the generic name of Gay-Headers. Goods in transit for Europe go by land from Irkutsk to Tomsk. A million windows in the skywatch the nights and days go by. Gee whiz, Commodore, if you jibe over like that you'll go by the board. Let me stand aside, to see the phantoms of those days go by me, accompanying the shadow of myself, in dim procession. From there they would go by the Kissimmee river to Lake Okeechobee. Show More Sentences I seed you go by into the kursaal, and laid in wait for you, sir. He saw the two whale-boats land on the beach, and the sick, on stretchers or pick-a-back, groaning and wailing, go by in lugubrious procession. A long time must go by before we can know Florida from Long Island. It wouldn't be you, Tom Sawyer, if you was to let such a chance go by. The motorboat, which had been well crated up, was to go by freight. Somehow, I never like to go by here alone in the night-time. Early next morning I saw him go by with a dip-net and gunnysack, and Bellona trotting at his heels. Explain to her that we have to go by precedents, and that I believe this one to be new. And if fellow champ golfer Darren Clarke's predication is anything to go by it won't be the last time his name is etched on the famous jug. Which is just as well for horseracing if the Greens' policies on our sport, published this week, are anything to go by. Recently I allowed an opportunity of requiting him to go by. The knight wished intensely that he could free them, but he was poor and could only go by each day, watching for the sweet face and longing to see it out in the sunshine. But, I submit myself to suffer judgment to go by default on all these counts, if need be, and to accept the assurance that nothing like them was ever known in this land. For the Governor and the magistrates are to go by, and the ministers, and all the great people and good people, with the music and the soldiers marching before them. He had his chance to cross examine you, and he let it go by. When, at rare intervals, some thought visits one, as perchance he is walking on a railroad, then, indeed, the cars go by without his hearing them. Find more words! 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