Example sentences of "[pers pn] by the time [pron] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | She got out as soon as she could , and found work in the weaving sheds — " she was a good weaver ; six looms under her by the time she was sixteen " — marry , produce nine children , eight of whom emigrated to the cotton mills of Massachusetts before the First World War , managed , " never went before the Guardians " .1 It was much , much later that I learned from One Hand Tied Behind Us that four was the usual number of looms for a Lancashire weaver ; Burnley weavers were not well organised , and my great-grandmother had six not because she was a good weaver but because she was exploited . " |
| 2 | For Anna , pregnant at eighteen ) her stretch marks had had quite a devastating effect on her by the time she was eight months pregnant . |
| 3 | Er had they by the time you were still at school come on to that new erm er system where you speak a lot more ? |
| 4 | She 'd overcome it by the time she was eighteen but it still surfaced when she got excited about something . ’ |
| 5 | While going through the worst of the tantrum season , keep in mind that most children grow out of them by the time they 're three — this thought will help you to cope when you just feel like hiding ! |
| 6 | Toxoplasmosis infection is caused by a parasite and it affects 50 per cent of us by the time we 're 70 . |