Example sentences of "[be] gone by the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Of course , belonging may be gone by the board , historically speaking , she advises herself , wiping her face with this American paper dinner napkin and not wishing to be personal , to use a bygone phrase .
2 And , as I stooped to get back under cover , I recalled that there would , even from the sanest , be a concession to superstition that would be gone by the morning , a belief that the beginning of the year foreshadowed the character of the rest .
3 The travellers have promised they 'll be gone by the end of the weekend .
4 ‘ I expect you to be gone by the time I get back . ’
5 I 'll be gone by the time you wake up in the morning .
6 ‘ You said you 'd be gone by the time I got up . ’
7 Only 7 nuns remain at Bartestree and they 'll be gone by the time auctioneers sell off the contents of the convent in 3 weeks time .
8 Only 7 nuns remain at Bartestree and they 'll be gone by the time auctioneers sell off the contents of the convent in 3 weeks time .
9 So that 's gone by the wayside . .
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