Example sentences of "have [adv] [vb pp] by [art] time " in BNC.
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1 | I 'm sure the demand for the venue will have greatly increased by the time we return . |
2 | The PR lady had thankfully disappeared by the time we reached the Wigmore Street entrance to St Christopher 's Place , which was probably just as well . |
3 | This bull did irreparable harm to the Catholic cause in England ; coming too late to assist the Northern rising , which had already collapsed by the time it was issued , in the long term it equated Catholicism closely with treason and made the recusant community the object of deepening fear and suspicion . |
4 | The rich and famous had not arrived by the time Rain Morgan did , although there were plenty of county folk poised to spot them . |
5 | While it was vital to be well turned out , the young gallant should beware of imitating those fops who spent their time building huge and elaborate turbans : men like Mirza Abu Said , a great amir under Shah Jehan , who was so fastidious in the construction of his head-wraps that the Imperial Durbar had usually finished by the time he had finished tying it all together . |
6 | And I remember , too , those I had n't eaten by the time I got home we hung on the tree . |
7 | The Firefly , owned by Jim Connell , of Gatley Drive , Maghull , had almost sunk by the time it had been towed in and hauled onto a slipway . |
8 | Judging from the evidence provided in these documents , it appears that Jacques had essentially retired by the time of his marriage in 1728 . |
9 | What to do if the results have n't materialised by the time the conference takes place presents another ethical problem . |