Example sentences of "[modal v] be gone by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The travellers have promised they 'll be gone by the end of the weekend . |
2 | I 'll be gone by the time you wake up in the morning . |
3 | Only 7 nuns remain at Bartestree and they 'll be gone by the time auctioneers sell off the contents of the convent in 3 weeks time . |
4 | Only 7 nuns remain at Bartestree and they 'll be gone by the time auctioneers sell off the contents of the convent in 3 weeks time . |
5 | ‘ You said you 'd be gone by the time I got up . ’ |
6 | Of course , belonging may be gone by the board , historically speaking , she advises herself , wiping her face with this American paper dinner napkin and not wishing to be personal , to use a bygone phrase . |
7 | And , as I stooped to get back under cover , I recalled that there would , even from the sanest , be a concession to superstition that would be gone by the morning , a belief that the beginning of the year foreshadowed the character of the rest . |