Example sentences of "[adv prt] by the time i [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'd of been jumping up and down by the time I got to the |
2 | He was already inside and sitting himself down by the time I spoke . |
3 | The shift was in fact half over by the time I started and I was n't really able to do much of any value . |
4 | The short days were half over by the time I ventured from the hut ( where my motorbike was also preserved . |
5 | He rang back again at once and mistakenly carried on with the Airds ' answering service , not realizing that the woman there had picked up by the time I got to the phone . |
6 | I had my ideas worked out by the time I left for the 1960–61 Tasman series , and on the 24-hour flight to New Zealand I sat with a slide rule and drew the car as a pin-jointed structure , stressed it and arrived at all the tube sizes . ’ |