Example sentences of "of [pron] by the time " in BNC.

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1 She was running a whole chain of them by the time he went to university .
2 While going through the worst of the tantrum season , keep in mind that most children grow out of them by the time they 're three — this thought will help you to cope when you just feel like hiding !
3 Inheriting the earth , or what 's left of it by the time the non-meek have realized the folly of their ways , is a process which takes much fortitude and patience .
4 He thought the transition period had always been too long , because authority deserts a dying king , and neither China nor the Hong Kong people were going to take much notice of us by the time it got to the Nineties .
5 Toxoplasmosis infection is caused by a parasite and it affects 50 per cent of us by the time we 're 70 .
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