Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] by this time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paviour 's uneasiness and distaste had grown so palpable by this time that his rigid bones looked tensed to breaking point . |
| 2 | I was nearly desperate by this time , and in my drunkenness I said ‘ Yes , if you want to know I 'm in love with Hanns and I 'm missing him ; now please go ! ’ |
| 3 | Lovat badly wounded , probably dead by this time ! |
| 4 | The Nazification drive had been remarkably successful by this time . |
| 5 | The building work was essentially complete by this time ( summer 1899 ) . |
| 6 | It was too late by this time to stop the presses rolling , and the first editions had already been despatched . |
| 7 | The deer had become very numerous by this time in the New Forest , and there were numerous complaints about their depredations . |