Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] [prep] the time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Half nine it finishes so we 're supposed to be back by tennish I should think by the time we 're finished . |
| 2 | Mm it 'll be about five to half past when he leaves I should think by the time he 's cleared up . |
| 3 | Then there was a heavy pause , like the moment a ball must feel between the time it 's thrown up and the time it starts to come down , and something picked up all three of them and slid them into a struggling heap . |
| 4 | well but the important thing is she 's engaged to be married I would reckon by the time she 's about twenty-six she 'll be looking for time out to have a family but by that time hopefully she 's and when she 's thirty-two or thirty-three can come back into the business and say I 've got a and the door opens that much more easily |
| 5 | The wreaths sold well , fetching prices over three pounds each , a figure that will double by the time they reach the shops . |
| 6 | If Isabel can include in the time she spends with him developing his skills for a propensity for being slightly more economic in his travel and hospitality arrangements , I guess we 'd be even more pleased . |
| 7 | There followed as fierce and nasty a little campaign as I can remember in the time I spent with the health service . |
| 8 | ‘ I like a woman who can keep to the time I give her , ’ Roman said as she came into their sitting-room . |