Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] by [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You ought to know , ’ Anna said more gently , ‘ you ought to know by now that things you want do n't just fall off trees . |
| 2 | ‘ And you ought to know by now that it 's a waste of time . ’ |
| 3 | WORKERS at Glasgow 's Leyland-DAF plant may know by tomorrow if their Albion axle-producing factory is to be saved , it was said yesterday . |
| 4 | Well I want , now I want yeah well I understand but I wonder how long since they will leave it she 's already looked for an answ , you know she does n't get an answer , that 's the point , I should think by now he 'd |
| 5 | A S EVERYONE must know by now , 1992 marks the 40th anniversary of H M The Queen 's accession to the throne . |
| 6 | They must know by now whether a relief force was coming near . |
| 7 | You must know by now that women are not all the same . ’ |
| 8 | You should know by now it wo n't work . |
| 9 | I should know by now that heavy drinkers are awfully fond of high-flown rationalisations for any brief spell of abstinence . |
| 10 | All of us should know by now of the decision taken at the special church meeting on 13th May to go ahead with the purchase of the Camphill building . |
| 11 | You should know by now that it 's bound to happen . |
| 12 | Especially the last one , and you should know by now that I do n't function well without caffeine . ’ |
| 13 | People have been known to say things they do n't mean when they 're angry — you of all people should know by now that I 'm no exception to that rule . ’ |
| 14 | With only Brunel and Burn professionally qualified to examine the schemes , the technical difficulties facing the judges must have by now become apparent . |
| 15 | GCHQ 's trying to cut staffing levels within the next two years , but wo n't specify how many people must leave by then . |
| 16 | Even though the decline will be succeeded by a modest rise , Britain 's dependency ratio over the next 40 years should rise by only eight percentage points , to 31% . |
| 17 | oh well she 'll know by tomorrow night , you could her a call |
| 18 | Well she 'll know by now cos Matthew 's probably told half the college ! |
| 19 | Although , in terms of volume or profitability , such discoveries can not hope to make up for the fading glory of the state 's North Slope field , daily Alaskan production might fall by only a few hundred thousand barrels over the next decade , rather than dwindling away , as some had suggested . |
| 20 | Right we 'll begin by there are hundred of stars that shine |
| 21 | It may well have been fun while it lasted , but we might guess by now that the Titfords would not stay long in Spa Fields , any more than they had anywhere else . |
| 22 | Because more than likely , it 'll happen by then . |
| 23 | Hopefully , I 'll get by then . |
| 24 | She sat bushy-tailed for the day at a table with two men , one her husband ( ‘ You 'd think I 'd know by now after thirty-eight years what he likes for his breakfast ’ ) , the other a distant cousin , I decided . |
| 25 | Moreover , he says that the present level of interest rates may mean that instead of prices stagnating next year they could fall by around 10 per cent . |
| 26 | Woolfson estimates the League could benefit by around £2 million if Barnet collapse . |
| 27 | ‘ There were Libyans , Lebanese , PLO , KGB , Bulgarians , Romanians , British , Americans — you could go by there and watch all the spooks watching each other have lunch . ’ |
| 28 | Estimates are that sea levels could rise by as much as 1.65m ( 4½feet ) by the middle of the next century . |
| 29 | However , during September rumours continued to affect Eurotunnel 's share price and on October 2 and announcement that the November 1987 estimates could rise by as much as £3bn sent the market into a steep decline . |
| 30 | At the height of the inflation , prices were rising by the hour so that the price of a meal in a restaurant could rise by as much as 25 per cent in the time it took to eat it ! |