Example sentences of "by [adj] time [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'll find themselves chartered to carry pig-iron and cheap tin trays , just like everybody else ; and by that time they 'll be down in the South Seas loading rainbows and moonbeams . |
| 2 | ‘ But because when we join up it will be on the back of a full weekend 's fixtures of FA Cup matches — and by that time they will have played 15 games for their clubs — I 've just asked them to keep a little compartment in their minds about England . |
| 3 | ‘ Unfortunately , by that time they could be HIV positive . |
| 4 | On the dates that you 've anticipated if Mr comes back by that time we 'll be able to absorb the post , but it 's likely that he may move on from this , because it 's a fairly substantial move up . |
| 5 | Well by that time we 'll be into caravans wo n't we ? |
| 6 | By that time we should have sorted out this business of the poison pen letter and you 'll be able to get back to a normal life again . ’ |
| 7 | By that time we should have about I would say at least another ten thousand pounds in that account of yours . |
| 8 | And by that time she would be safely in Boston . |
| 9 | By that time she should be at school , and nursery when she 's three . |
| 10 | By that time he could have arranged to be called away . |
| 11 | Do n't worry , Billy , I wo n't stay more than a few hours and by that time I 'll know one way or the other . |
| 12 | By that time I 'll be upstairs . ’ |
| 13 | Given the chance , I suppose I 'd take the Flying Carrot to Bombay again , though by that time I 'd have taken parachute lessons . |
| 14 | A.H.Q. expected to detect these transports east of Malta at extreme range and by that time I could spare some Marylands while still meeting the P.R . |
| 15 | By that time it would have been halfway to low water and too late to dispose of the body in the old sewage outfall that night . |
| 16 | By that time it may be too late to get into the market place with the product . |
| 17 | It takes at least three years to put into effect any major alteration in a course , and by that time you will have left college , we hope , with a completed degree . |
| 18 | Do you really think that by that time you will … ‘ |
| 19 | By that time you will be in retirement in Florida . ’ |
| 20 | But the English reader has a label ready to tie on to Theophile Gautier ; and by this time we can guess what is written on it — ‘ arid aestheticism ’ . |
| 21 | By this time they might have gained a portfolio They might well have got hooked . |
| 22 | I think by this time they must be dreading the thought of another signal from the Ariadne . |
| 23 | The next thing he knew — by this time he would have the undivided attention of the entire bar — one of the Americans tore his fur hat off and screamed , ‘ OK , craphead , where is he ? ’ while one of the bobbies reached into the open back seat and pulled out an attaché case that he had to spend an hour telling them he had never seen before . |
| 24 | By this time he would not have been surprised if she had taken up the lecture and returned him a brief history of the next four centuries . |
| 25 | By this time he could smell the hydraulic fluid . |
| 26 | By this time he 'd let Josie 's body down and was checking through her pockets , which was a no-hope situation if ever there was one — women almost always carried their stuff around in handbags , and hers had to be back inside the building somewhere . |
| 27 | If anything , by this time I would have welcomed the security not of a rope , but of seeing Sgurr a Mhaim about a mile closer . |
| 28 | By this time she could already have borne him their two sons , Swegen and Harold . |
| 29 | By this time you should find plenty of pupae in the sieve . |
| 30 | By this time you should be ready to get home and start saving for your annual trip to the Edinburgh Festival , or maybe the 1992 Barcelona Olympics . |