Example sentences of "[be] [adv] by the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | There would be a lot of damage and a few people would get hurt , but the lads would be away by the time the police could get round to the place . |
| 2 | All the sex would be over by the time Gina came back . |
| 3 | It would all be over by the time he got there ! |
| 4 | Many of the meetings listed on that page will be over by the time this gets to you but the details are given as a way of providing a background of work in progress and ideas for future programmes for all the groups . |
| 5 | But , as HEATHER KIDD reports , the rebuilding process should be underway by the time the Wallabies arrive . |
| 6 | Redwood Shores , California-based Oracle Corp has joined the Greek chorus to say that it plans to convert its complete family of products to run on Alpha architecture under both OpenVMS and DEC OSF/1 ; the conversion effort on the VMS products is under way and should be out by the time DEC starts ships . |
| 7 | Keith and John were over by the time Paul met John . |
| 8 | I thought they , they were out by the time this book was published that er Maggie Thatcher was out , was , I mean this |
| 9 | As for the new US system of having a laundry pick up a bucket each day — the worst is over by the time you have put the diaper in the bucket . |
| 10 | I have a suspicion that somehow the heating was on by the time they reached their new destination . |
| 11 | However , although early Greek literacy must therefore also be labelled ‘ restricted ’ , the foundation was nevertheless being laid for future developments of the ‘ full ’ potential of literacy : ‘ It was only by the time of Plato that the language had changed sufficiently to express new ideas ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 12 | Yeah I , I , I think , I think it was about by the time he , he 'd had this allowance from you know going to College , I , I think it left him with about twenty seven bob a week , which was n't bad you know . |