Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] by this time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nature of Burne-Jones 's aims and predilections in art are well-enough known by this time , and have been defined by himself absolutely fitted to this thought : ‘ I mean by a picture a beautiful romantic dream of something that never was , never will be — in a light better than any light that ever shone — in a land no one can define or remember , only desire . ’ |
| 2 | The group itself is usually already perceived by this time as a source of comfort , strength , wisdom and support even though only a few weeks previously all its members were lost in active addictive disease . |
| 3 | The soldiers ' families have probably received by this time a letter containing the words ‘ missing in action' ’ . |
| 4 | The two children were positively screaming by this time and shouted to their grandmother . |
| 5 | Lizzy was so far gone by this time that she just smiled at them as they took her out to the meat wagon . |
| 6 | If the adventurers have destroyed the Blackshard , the Oracle ( if he still lives ) wo n't attack them when they return to room 66 ( all the mucus in stairwell 67 will have magically vanished by this time , allowing them to return ) . |
| 7 | Horribly frightened by this time , for she could not believe that Susan would have gone out of the house , she ran into the kitchen , and stopped short at the sight of the familiar figure sitting crouched in front of the fire . |
| 8 | As I stood and watched them pass by I wondered how many of them would be killed or seriously wounded by this time tomorrow afternoon . |