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Sentences starting with by

By Apollo and Zeus, that is the truth! [10]
By St. Patrick, you've made yourself captain with the good-will of all, and your iron hand has held the thing together. [11]
By speaking to your sister? [11]
By its terms you, the guilty one, go free with the innocent. [5]
By the way, you wouldn't object to telling him you were a friend of mine, would you? [9]
By and by you would say, 'Good morning, your Eminence, I will call again' --but you wouldn't. [5]
By jings, don't you wish you was Jeff? [5]
By Heaven, with you to sit, it's my chance! [11]
By eleven o'clock you think you're all in, that the morning'll never end, but at noon you get a twenty five cent feed that lasts you until about five in the afternoon,--and then you don't know which way the machine's headed. [9]
By and by you sober down, and then you perceive that you have been drunk on the smell of somebody else's cork. [5]

Sentences ending with by

It wouldn't be you, Tom Sawyer, if you was to let such a chance go by. [5]
Ah, you see you have delayed too long--it is gone by. [5]
You're not forty yet, and you have a heap of money laid by. [9]
I grudge every year of absence that rolls by. [4]
He said it would leave by and by. [5]
If I'd been worth the standing by, I'd have been the better stood by. [11]
She was a woman, she was beautiful, she was a siren who had lured him and used him and tossed him by. [11]
I finished off with reading some verses of my friend the Professor, of whom you may perhaps hear more by and by. [6]
The twenty-four sharpshooters with discharged muskets, standing in the center of the circle, ran back to their places as the companies passed by. [2]
A young officer with a bewildered and pained expression on his face stepped away from the man and looked round inquiringly at the adjutant as he rode by. [2]

Short sentences using by

Thus a half-hour went by. [11]
And the months went by. [11]
Considerations by the Way, 235. [6]
By inches the water shallowed. [9]
Honour me by walking in. [12]
By all but their leader. [5]
Once down by the slaughter-house. [5]

Sentences containing by two or more times

You live by your smallness, another makes his living with his hard hands, I earn my scanty bread by the thoughts of my brain. [10]
Gifted Hopkins, a young poet of distinction, whose fame will reach you by and by, if it has not come to your ears already. [6]
She chaffed the young men pleasantly and wittily, as she supposed, and as the rest also supposed, apparently, judging by the applause and laughter which she got by her efforts. [5]
A very interesting young married woman, detained at home at the time by the state of her health, was bitten in the entry of her own house by a rattlesnake which had found its way down from The Mountain. [6]
However, I think you will make it easier by and by, if you live. [5]
Fust I thot you was deef and dumb, then I thot you was sick or crazy, or suthin', and then by and by I begin to reckon you was a passel of sickly fools that couldn't think of nothing to say. [5]
He will tell you to this day how Mr. Catherwood's carriage was pocketed by drays and bales, and how Mrs. James's horses were seized by the bridles and turned back. [9]
I do not yet see how I could profit by changing the command of the Army of the Potomac; and if I did, I should not wish to do it by accepting the resignation of your commission. [7]
Although we struggle, yet by habit, by self-indulgence, by lack of a sustained purpose, we have formed a character from which escape seems hopeless. [9]
It was only yesterday that he had tried to moderate Olympius' sanguine dreams, and had said to him: "It is not by enthusiasm but by tactics that we defeat a foe! [10]

More example sentences with the word by in them

For Proctotretus, see 'Zoology of the Voyage of the "Beagle"; Reptiles,' by Mr. Bell, p. 8. [1]
But as the zigzag flash of lightning had just been followed by the peal of thunder, she clung to him, earnestly beseeching him not to leave her. [10]
If ever a youth was cordially admired and hated by his comrades, this one was. [5]
At last, the youth succeeded, by means of the cleverest trick I ever saw, in clasping his opponent firmly. [10]
We had a youth living with us by the name of Jim Wolfe. [5]
If the agile youth could reach this cleft unseen, and crawl through as far as the pool of saltwater, overgrown with tall grass and tangled desert shrubs, at which it ended, he might, aided by the clouds, succeed. [10]
You see, maybe you's got to be po' a long time fust, en so you might git discourage' en kill yo'sef 'f you didn' know by de sign dat you gwyne to be rich bymeby. [5]
Do not allow yourselves to be deceived by him. [10]
You must know, yourself, that Hanuman could not have carried those mountains to Ceylon except by the strength of the gods. [5]
But don't expose yourself in any outbreak of eloquence; for, by the mortar in which Anaxarchus was pounded! [6]
You're famished when you're not poisoned; you're badly clothed and badly fed; you're kept together by flogging; you're treated worse than a convict in jail or a victim in a plague hospital. [11]
Take leave of your wife, and (I speak by the king's command) be ready to start before dark. [10]
I am not your wife save by the law; and little have you cared for law! [11]
Trying to impose your vile second-hand carcasses on us!--thunder and lightning, I've a notion to--to--if you've got a nice fresh corpse, fetch him out!--or by George we'll brain you! [5]
You carried out your undertaking well to the end, though by somewhat overpowering means. [10]
This goes down your throat, and portions of it lodge by the way, and produce a tickling aggravation that keeps you barking and coughing for an hour. [5]
The youth by your side is my son. [5]
Your relations to your professional brethren may be a source of lifelong happiness and growth in knowledge and character, or they may make you wretched and end by leaving you isolated from those who should be your friends and counsellors. [3]
You were dismissed your place by the mistress of this Manor. [11]
Go home to your Nance and your kids, and stand by till you hear from me. [5]
You make up your mind that the earthquake is due; you stand from under, and take hold of something to steady yourself, and the first thing you know you get struck by lightning. [5]
You must tell your Mandane that you are called away by important business. [10]
Hang fast to your honours by the skin of your teeth, my lord. [11]
Now, disperse to your homes, or every man of you will be arrested and tried by court-martial. [11]
And we assure your Highness that for this mark of honour that has been conferred on you by Her Most Gracious Majesty, the Queen-Empress, we feel no less proud than your Highness. [5]
Stand well on your guard, hold all your ground, or yield any only inch by inch and in good order. [7]
I see by your face that it will not be wasted. [10]
I have seen your face by the light, and that is enough for this time. [10]
I see by your eyes that you have been weeping. [10]
I transmit for your consideration a communication from the Secretary of War, accompanied by one from the Provost-Marshal General to him, both relating to the subject above mentioned. [7]
Carry word to your captain that we'll overhaul him by sundown, and sink him before supper. [11]
You Democrats, and your candidate, in the main are in favor of laying down in advance a platform--a set of party positions--as a unit, and then of forcing the people, by every sort of appliance, to ratify them, however unpalatable some of them may be. [7]
The captain of your brother Philometor's Philobasilistes is bought over, and will stand by us; but his price was high--Komanus was forced to offer him twenty talents before he would bite. [10]
I disagree with your beliefs, but I do not think that your pursuit of them has not been sincere, and justified by your conscience. [9]
Make the Mohar your ally, and it may easily happen that your rat-bites may be paid for with mortal wounds, and Rameses who, if you marched against him openly, might blow you to the ground, may be hit by a lance thrown from an ambush. [10]
I caught the youngster by the collar. [9]
When we are young we generally estimate an opinion by the size of the person that holds it, but later we find that that is an uncertain rule, for we realize that there are times when a hornet's opinion disturbs us more than an emperor's. [5]
When she was young she was beautiful--like a Madonna by an old master. [9]
Somewhat thus a young rose-tree might feel, which for the first time receives the support of the prop to which it is tied by the careful gardener. [10]
A party of young Puan bucks had decreed it to be their pleasure to encamp in Mr. Brady's yard, to peer through the shutters into Mr. Brady's house, to enjoy themselves by annoying Mr. Brady's family and others as much as possible. [9]
A good many young people think nothing about life as it presents itself in the far horizon, bounded by the snowy ridges of threescore and the dim peaks beyond that remote barrier. [6]
She caught the young officer by his cuffs, and a look of solemnity and fear appeared on her flushed face. [2]
He called his young mistress by name, but she did not hear him. [9]
Numbers of the young men took the paint and painted themselves, and one of the party took the head by the hair and said-- 'Look, you ugly thing, and see your paints on the faces of warriors. [5]
Of the other young men of the village Gifted Hopkins was perhaps the most fervent of her admirers, as he had repeatedly shown by effusions in verse, of which, under the thinnest of disguises, she was the object. [6]
On seeing the young master, the elder one with frightened look clutched her younger companion by the hand and hid with her behind a birch tree, not stopping to pick up some green plums they had dropped. [2]
A self-sufficient, doughty young man, with the round head that withstands many blows, taking by nature to competition and buccaneering in general. [9]
At first the young man was awed by the presence of the grizzled gentleman, and he struggled with his language to bring it up to the classic level of the old meteorologist's speech. [11]
He is a young man of a sterling though undeveloped character, who has been hampered by an indulgent parent with a large fortune. [9]
He was a young lawyer, and succeeding fairly well and working his way along, little by little. [5]
Some of these young ladies came from other cities,--New York and Philadelphia and elsewhere,--and their fathers and mothers were usually people to be mentioned as a matter of course--were, indeed, frequently so mentioned by Miss Sadler, especially when a visitor called at the school. [9]
Even a jolly young Irishman of Plaster Cove, whose nature it is to sleep under whatever discouragement, is beaten by these circumstances. [4]
When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the World, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it come off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away timid adventurers. [6]
Supported by the young Englishman, Hilary climbed the stone steps and reached the porch, declaring all the while that he needed no assistance, and could walk alone. [9]
Assisted by a young apothecary, Sir Charles washed and dressed the wound, which was in the left groin, and to our anxious questions replied that there was a chance of recovery. [9]
Allegiance to Brigham Young and Utah was renounced, and a temporary territorial government for "Washoe" was instituted by the citizens. [5]
My wives are young and charming, and when they grow old, what is to hinder me from taking others, still handsomer, and who, by the side of the faded beauties, will be doubly charming. [10]
Then I suppose you'll finish your plan of coloring hen's eggs by feeding a peculiar diet to the hen? [5]
I quite understand you; and until I feel that you have good reason once more to respect the maniac who lost you by his own fault, I, who fought you like your most deadly foe, will not even speak the final word. [10]
Before it reaches you, you will have seen and read my pamphlet speech, and perhaps been scared anew by it. [7]
I'll sit by you, you know. [12]
He desires that you, who wish the Territories to remain free, should believe that he stands by that position; but he does not say it himself. [7]
I see that you, too, are ready to depart and should grieve to behold the comfort of your aged hosts destroyed by hasty acts that may yet be needless. [10]
I will thank you, therefore, to inform me, if you can, by what day, at the earliest, you can promise to have ready to be mustered into the United States service the eight thousand men. [7]
Then come forward, you, the youngest of us all, who are so highly trusted by this holy assembly. [10]
But by 'happiness' you, mean something more than the complacency and contentment which clothing and food might bring, and the removal of the economic fear,--and even the restoration of self-respect. [9]
If I were you, I would begin with Demeter, whom you honoured by so marvellous a work. [10]
I also authorize you, by an order, or in what form you choose, to suspend all operations on the Treasury trade permits, in all places southeastward of the Alleghenies. [7]
We will chasten you with bread and water; and it were well for you, even by your strange religion, to qualify for passage from this world. [11]
And now, since you will not put me quite at my ease by assuming, in words, that I have been properly 'chaperoned' here, I must inform you that my father waits hard by--is, as my riotous young brother says, 'without on the mat. [11]
I know that you will not be misled by the words "civilized country. [9]
Now, I tell you what, my gentle spy, if your business hath not concern, I'll stretch you by your fingers there to our public gallows, and my fellows shall fill you with small shot as full as a pod of peas. [11]
Which one do you want me to make my enemy by telling him or her that the other isn't good enough? [4]
Why, I wrote you twice to ask you what you could mean by Sid being here. [5]
I say that you took your hat off your head, and you prove me a liar by putting it on your head. [7]
I don't ask you to vote at all--I only urge you to not soil yourself by voting for Blaine. [5]
It would delight you to see some of them playing Indian when surrounded by the wonders and improvements of the Old World. [4]
I therefore beg you to make allowance for the circumstances in which I have been by surprise brought before you. [7]
I look to you to divide the responsibility with me, and you've shirked by running off to Maine. [9]
At any rate, you think you move them backward and forward at such a rate as your will determines, don't you?--On the contrary, they swing just as any other pendulums swing, at a fixed rate, determined by their length. [6]
And what do you think would be gained by it? [11]
By-the-way, what do you think of the escape suggested by the Spectrum, in the assertion that you and Evelyn had arranged to go to Europe? [4]
No more for you the cold earth for a bed--relieved though it be by a sleeping- mat. [11]
I should tell you that this doubt has been confirmed into something very nearly approaching certainty by the best opinions we have been enabled, in this short space of time, to take upon the subject. [12]
He will tell you that many facts are explained by studying them in the wider range of related facts to which they belong. [3]
Need I tell you that I am a lost and despised man if I am found guilty of this act of the maddest folly by the judges of my own house? [10]
For instance, do you suppose that I should ever have got into notice if I had waited to be hunted up and pushed forward by older men? [7]
Ay, then, but you shall speak, or I'll break my word to her, to do right by her son. [11]
No, by Heaven, you shall not do it, even if it can be done! [11]
By your fruits you shall know them. [4]
By the figures you send, which I presume are correct, the twelve districts represented fall into two classes of eight and four respectively. [7]
By this time, you see, I had gotten used to expecting everything Joan said to come true. [5]
Everywhere you go you see square recesses cut into the hillsides, with perpendicular walls unmarred by crack or crevice, and perhaps you fancy that a house grew out of the ground there, and has been removed in a single piece from the mold. [5]
If pride within you secretly abides That, forced by the elixir's charm, The Sooth You needs must speak--be wholly pure in thought, Despising not the teachings wise, of old; When Truth with equal earnestness was sought If speech be silver, silence then is gold! [10]
You cannot fight; you saved your life by boarding us. [11]
But the King you represent had not restricted his liberties so, and you being the King, that is, yourself, were forced to abide by your own regulations. [11]
In 1817, perhaps you remember, the law of wager by battle was unrepealed, and the rascally murderous, and worse than murderous, clown, Abraham Thornton, put on his gauntlet in open court and defied the appellant to lift the other which he threw down. [6]
I told you, you remember, that Rosa would have to leave us; we barely missed a scene, I think, if not a whole tragedy, by her going at the right moment. [6]
Early tomorrow, before you proceed to business, they will be replaced by a stronger division, so that they may not prove a reinforcement to your brother's troops here if things come to fighting. [10]
By it do you particularly mean-- Old Man. [5]

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