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

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1 The Government report reveals that in ninteen ninety alone , three and a half thousand birds were dead by the time they 'd arrived in Britain .
2 Mr Horn called for the resignation of the six men , warning he could be dead by the time they read the letters .
3 He got him to hospital and the doctors said that he lived for 70 minutes , but he was dead by the time we got there .
4 ‘ Well , as I was tellin' the others , I 'll either be fit or dead by the time I get out of here . ’
5 I may be dead by the time you come back . "
6 Spectators and Ambulance crews tried to revive her but she was dead by the time she reached hospital …
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