Example sentences of "[noun sg] by [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 's probably been promoted to a key ring by this time . ’ |
| 2 | I woke up about 12.30 that night , and I really did know I was in labour by this time . |
| 3 | Summer had turned into typical Hebridean winter by this time and we were greeted by high winds and driving rain as the ferry berthed . |
| 4 | An eighteen or nineteen-year-old is usually much more mature than a fourteen or fifteen-year-old , and may even be contemplating marriage by this time . |
| 5 | Margaret had returned to work by this time , but there had been no real change in her other problems . |
| 6 | The test by this time was no longer ‘ independence of Moscow ’ but ‘ Human Rights ’ . |
| 7 | Erm did you have all your equipment by this time , then you did get a rifle ? |
| 8 | But no , the hall by this time was really more a . |
| 9 | The mood by this time may be more depressed , as they start to look at their own problems as opposed to those of their partner . |
| 10 | Because I was away from home by this time . |
| 11 | I promised to be in a certain place by this time tomorrow , and I intend to be there . |
| 12 | Once all nine barrels have been discharged the weapon is of no further use , although hopefully it will have done its job by this time , and your enemies will be running for the hills . |
| 13 | After eight weeks and a few x-rays , for which he staggered across his box ( we had borrowed an extension lead by this time ) , I was finally able to get the farrier to take Copper 's shoes off , as he had been wearing them for ten weeks . |
| 14 | Holding office in the Association was an important indicator of status in the scientific community by this time . |
| 15 | Oh you 'll be , be as right as rain by that time . |
| 16 | I booked the conference not realising it was gon na be the control room by this time , and then this morning I turned up to find out we ca n't put the lights on without getting behind the bar , and we ca n't get behind the bar so that 's why this er |
| 17 | His white suit by this time was crumpled and the Muzak seemed louder than ever . |
| 18 | Although it will have overtaken OS/2 's share by this time , Unix will still account for some 32% of servers systems sold by this time , the market research group says . |
| 19 | Sometimes girls have already started another relationship by this time . |
| 20 | As we were a few days behind schedule by this time I decided to press on while the weather held and the following morning saw us off Montrose with an ominous early shipping forecast of a southerly gale . |
| 21 | Or you do n't want a GUI at all ( in which case , you may be in for a shock by this time next year ! ) |
| 22 | Carvajal was also very active in the bullion trade by that time , importing as much as £100,000 per annum during the early 1650s , and thus made himself so indispensable to the parliamentary side that , when he was denounced as a recusant in 1645 , a number of City merchants petitioned Parliament to have the charge dropped , and the House of Lords soon put an end to the prosecution . |
| 23 | Schisgal was terrific , perhaps because he was so beaten into the ground by that time , I do n't know . |
| 24 | It is known that the Lombard King Alboin brought his army and then his people on to the plain in 568 , and that they met with little resistance as the Goths had almost vacated the area by that time . |
| 25 | ‘ Dinner will be served at the usual time and I am pleased to say there will be no discernible traces left of the recent occurrence by that time . ’ |
| 26 | This last phrase — ‘ no discernible traces left of the recent occurrence by that time ’ — my father would repeat with a laugh and shake his head admiringly . |
| 27 | Gerard Souzay was coming towards the end of his career by this time , and there 's some occasional unsteadiness and frayed tone , but his sensitivity to mood is matchless . |
| 28 | There were only a few people left in the dining-room by that time , two elderly men earnestly swapping fishing stories over their brandy , a young couple holding hands fondly under the table , and a solitary ancient in a leather-elbowed tweed jacket , reading the evening paper . |
| 29 | Malcolm had taken on an assistant by this time , Nils Stevenson . |
| 30 | Or will the Chief Secretary and his friends be sunning themselves in some tax haven by that time ? |