SN4 ""

No	Pattern	Freq
1	[verb] by the time	316
2	[verb] by the time	287
3	[vb pp] by the time	229
4	[verb] by the times	29
5	[v-ing] by the time	25
6	[vb base] by the time	24
7	go by the time	19
8	gone by the time	18
9	[vb past] by the time	15
10	[vb infin] by the time	11
11	established by the time	9
12	described by the time	9
13	describe by the time	9
14	establish by the time	9
15	know by the time	7
16	disappear by the time	7
17	disappeared by the time	7
18	think by the time	6
19	[vb -s] by the time	6
20	say by the time	6
21	[to-vb] by the time	6
22	do by the time	5
23	know by the time	5