Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] by this time " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | I had by this time spent some years in the States , including a year living in an Anglican theological college , and had watched my friends become ordained . |
2 | I had by this time met the latter . |
3 | We received a call from the hospital , which had by this time received the results of the X-rays . |
4 | ‘ You knew by this time ? |
5 | He seemed obtuse , as she felt by this time that she had more than cancelled out any slight encouragement she might have given him at first . |
6 | This lot have been brought into the barn for a rest , ’ indicating with his hand the others who had by this time fallen asleep , oblivious to the noise of the guns and the explosions very close to the barn . |
7 | He had by this time divorced his first wife . |
8 | He had by this time been child factory worker , apprentice framework knitter and short-term seaman , so his reaction is significant . |