Example sentences of "[vb infin] by the time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | was I gave my mum a lift because I , and d' ya know by the time he gets better |
| 2 | I also thinking about what we 're going to do is we would end up sounding like a Foster and Allen song anyway you know not deliberately but I think you know by the time we 'd have have by the time we do the way we 'd be able to do it it would sound like Foster and Allen . |
| 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 | I could hardly breathe by the time I got there ; my chest felt as if it was bursting and my throat was clenched tight and my legs were quivering again . |
| 5 | Those inmates classed as illiterate were obliged to take a compulsory form of basic education , with the aim that they would at least be able to read and write by the time they were released . |
| 6 | Half nine it finishes so we 're supposed to be back by tennish I should think by the time we 're finished . |
| 7 | Mm it 'll be about five to half past when he leaves I should think by the time he 's cleared up . |
| 8 | The wreaths sold well , fetching prices over three pounds each , a figure that will double by the time they reach the shops . |