Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] by [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keith and John were over by the time Paul met John . |
| 2 | I thought they , they were out by the time this book was published that er Maggie Thatcher was out , was , I mean this |
| 3 | I have a suspicion that somehow the heating was on by the time they reached their new destination . |
| 4 | 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 . ) . |
| 5 | 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 . |