Example sentences of "by [adj] time they [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By that time they were bad , so I told her I thought I was having a miscarriage . |
| 2 | By this time they are approaching the borders of the Promised Land , and minds have turned to plans for invasion . |
| 3 | By this time they are more able to fend for themselves , and have a better chance of survival . |
| 4 | By this time they were starting to review the situation steadily , forecasting the Duke of Atholl 's likely moves , wording formal requests for warrants to meet in larger groups , arguing furiously over the likelihood of being able to get weapons from the armouries at Atholl or Taymouth Castle . |
| 5 | By this time they were taking species such as the blue , sei and sperm that are found in the deeper oceans , and were whaling as far afield as the Antarctic and Atlantic oceans . |
| 6 | By this time they were several miles from Humberside and , the climb completed , they loosened the formation and Spencer scanner the cockpit . |
| 7 | By this time they were living in America , in Palm Beach , ‘ really because Garth wanted to ’ . |
| 8 | West Ham doing so well in the second division went to first division Luton , and by half time they were in front , a Pariss goal after forty three minutes , but Luton hit back in the seventieth minute through Black , and these two sides must replay . |