I went by the cabin but you were gone.
I went by your house and took a chance I might find you here.
Later she went by to meet him, but not only was he not in, he had changed the lock.
I went by the house to pick up a picture and Brutus came to the house with blood on his muzzle.
That to fit the actions and distances covered by Alexander into such a scheme, assuming that he went by Seistan and Kandahar, would involve physical impossibilities has been pointed out by Count Yorck v.
