Example sentences of "by [adj] time [pers pn] [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'll find themselves chartered to carry pig-iron and cheap tin trays , just like everybody else ; and by that time they 'll be down in the South Seas loading rainbows and moonbeams . |
| 2 | ‘ Unfortunately , by that time they could be HIV positive . |
| 3 | On the dates that you 've anticipated if Mr comes back by that time we 'll be able to absorb the post , but it 's likely that he may move on from this , because it 's a fairly substantial move up . |
| 4 | Well by that time we 'll be into caravans wo n't we ? |
| 5 | And by that time she would be safely in Boston . |
| 6 | By that time she should be at school , and nursery when she 's three . |
| 7 | By that time I 'll be upstairs . ’ |
| 8 | By that time it may be too late to get into the market place with the product . |
| 9 | By that time you will be in retirement in Florida . ’ |
| 10 | I think by this time they must be dreading the thought of another signal from the Ariadne . |
| 11 | By this time you should be ready to get home and start saving for your annual trip to the Edinburgh Festival , or maybe the 1992 Barcelona Olympics . |
| 12 | I hoped that by knocking-off time I 'd be able to say that I knew someone who had finished it . |