Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] then [pers pn] [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The visitor , seeing an orchard in blossom , thinks wistfully of the autumn fruit harvest , knowing that by then he will be far away ; but the resident looks at the pink and white flowers with delight , for when these lovely petals fall he will see the young fruit growing until , when September comes , the orchard is once again beautiful . |
| 2 | I hope that by then it will be apparent why the adjective ‘ naive ’ is appropriate for the description of many inductivists . |
| 3 | When you 'd done with that , went across to another chappie that came at nine o'clock , selling clothes , used to put his lines up on his stall , he had lines across his stall and for that you got tuppence or threepence , depending on his mood and by then it would be ten o'clock so you 'd go to one or two more and collect them jugs up and fetch them tea . |
| 4 | He said and says nothing , just that I 'll find out some day but by then it 'll be too late . |
| 5 | It may be brighter than the third magnitude by Christmas morning , but by then it will be low and difficult in the SE twilight . |
| 6 | It may be brighter than the third magnitude by Christmas morning , but by then it will be low and difficult in the SE twilight . |
| 7 | When they bought them from me , I said , ‘ For the next ten to fifteen years do n't sell these , because by then they will be worth a great deal ’ . |
| 8 | We have not continued the story strand in the statements of attainment beyond level 4 , although many pupils will continue to write stories of increasing complexity throughout the secondary school , because by then it will be just one of the many types of writing that pupils might undertake . |