Example sentences of "[modal v] be [vb pp] by the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | A reasonable heading must be established by the time the outer marker is crossed inbound . |
| 2 | I 'll be gone by the time you wake up in the morning . |
| 3 | Only 7 nuns remain at Bartestree and they 'll be gone by the time auctioneers sell off the contents of the convent in 3 weeks time . |
| 4 | Only 7 nuns remain at Bartestree and they 'll be gone by the time auctioneers sell off the contents of the convent in 3 weeks time . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm pretty fit and I do like cycling but I expect I 'll be shattered by the time I get to the end . |
| 6 | ‘ You said you 'd be gone by the time I got up . ’ |
| 7 | Bias may be introduced by the time and place of the quota selection unbalancing the sample in respect of some unconsidered attribute such as employment status . |
| 8 | The old slums in Wallace Street have gone now , replaced nearby by a small , neat council estate of flats and maisonettes ; across the main road there 's a sixties estate of dour concrete so riddled with damp and concrete corrosion that it may be demolished by the time this book is published . |
| 9 | There are some limitations with this approach , which may be resolved by the time the final product hits the streets . |
| 10 | As an example Russell and Macmillan ( 1952 ) quote the fact that with a westerly gale of twelve hours ' duration in the Atlantic the size of the waves reaching Cornwall would be limited by the time and not by the fetch , i.e. the distance between Cornwall and America . |
| 11 | Mr David Anderson , support services manager , said agreed staffing levels would be met by the time the unit opened in August or September . |
| 12 | Each day 's distance would be governed by the time required to make and break camp , to hunt animals for food , and to prepare meals . |
| 13 | I certainly would n't coach it so I think you would be creased by the time you got there in two days . |
| 14 | Large expanses of privet need a longer blade , and the extra cost will be offset by the time saved . |
| 15 | That will be revealed by the time the report is published by the NRA . |
| 16 | ‘ The gates of the city will be closed by the time we arrive , and wo n't be opened until morning . |
| 17 | While it is true that the longer the period of time over which the child 's language is sampled , the more representative that sample will be of the child 's underlying linguistic knowledge , in practical terms the length of any recording will be constrained by the time available for transcription and coding . |
| 18 | MEANWHILE , back at the ranch , Michael Murray , a banker , Ian MacLaurin , chairman of Tesco , the TCCB accountant , Brian Downin , the promotional and marketing man , and three others , including one isolated first-class cricketer , have been looking at the structure of the first-class game and the counties ' verdict will be known by the time you read this . |