Example sentences of "[modal v] be by the time " in BNC.
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1 | Queen 's student Donnelly excelled at Lurgan and won his first Northern Ireland Cross Country title a few weeks ago , but is still not fully fit , although he could be by the time of the Belfast race . |
2 | ‘ Not yet , ’ put in the thin man , ‘ but they will be by the time we 're back there . |
3 | The prices , on the whole , are about right , and certainly will be by the time the discounts get their hands on them . |
4 | Or what it will be by the time I 've finished this job . |
5 | Well they said they will , they think will be by the time they 've paid up cos they had n't really paid up for , for last years yet ! |