SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[conj] by the time	644
2	[coord] by the time	487
3	[noun] by the time	359
4	[verb] by the time	316
5	and by the time	306
6	and by the time	306
7	[noun sg] by the time	260
8	[vb pp] by the time	229
9	[adv] by the time	183
10	but by the time	181
11	but by the time	181
12	[adj] by the time	175
13	[adv] by the time	141
14	[adj] by the time	129
15	that by the time	112
16	[that] by the time	112
17	that by the time	112
18	[noun pl] by the time	78
19	[subord] by the time	45
20	[pron] by the time	40
21	[adv prt] by the time	39
22	[pers pn] by the time	30
23	so by the time	26
24	so by the time	26
25	[v-ing] by the time	25
26	[vb base] by the time	24
27	[num] by the time	24
28	because by the time	19
29	because by the time	19
30	go by the time	19