Example sentences of "[be] ready by the time " in BNC.

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1 Selwyn would be ready by the time he returned .
2 But it should be ready by the time the trees are loaded with the beautiful blushing white blossoms .
3 ‘ It 'll be ready by the time you 've worked out which cutlery to use . ’
4 She felt better for having made that decision ; perhaps her car would be ready by the time she came back .
5 A Whitehall spokesman said the investigation would be extremely thorough and a decision should be ready by the time Yousefi comes up for parole after a third of his sentence .
6 He once caught a pigeon , but it was mostly sparrows so small that , when he laid them on the embers to cook , they were ready by the time the feathers had singed and were hardly worth even sharing , except with the twins who insisted .
7 But none of this was ready by the time the information system had to be despatched , so leaving a considerable residual task for further updating and despatch .
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