Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] by [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Half nine it finishes so we 're supposed to be back by tennish I should think by the time we 're finished . |
| 2 | Mm it 'll be about five to half past when he leaves I should think by the time he 's cleared up . |
| 3 | well but the important thing is she 's engaged to be married I would reckon by the time she 's about twenty-six she 'll be looking for time out to have a family but by that time hopefully she 's and when she 's thirty-two or thirty-three can come back into the business and say I 've got a and the door opens that much more easily |
| 4 | If such a ship or ships failed to enter , the city would capitulate by the time January entered its twentieth night . |
| 5 | The wreaths sold well , fetching prices over three pounds each , a figure that will double by the time they reach the shops . |