Example sentences of "be [adj] by [art] time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have no idea how i it went around a up in the northern hemisphere , over Scandinavia , and Georgia 's in the south , so you 'd have think it 'd have been weak by the time it got down I 'm not a scientist , I have no idea what |
| 2 | ‘ These , ’ I cried , ‘ are inhabited by horned pygmies who move in herds , and who are old by the time they are seven ! ’ |
| 3 | Further along the village another house used to be the ‘ cookhouse ’ and game room for them — the meals must have been cold by the time they arrived at the table of Londesborough Lodge ! |
| 4 | Of course , even within the stated parameters , comprehensiveness is an impossible goal , because some publications escape the net , or are listed so late that they have gone out of print or are out-of-date by the time they appear . |
| 5 | It will be dry by the time we leave for the dance . ’ |
| 6 | She 'll be asleep by the time we get |
| 7 | So the fringe players such as Preston , Ellis , Bachop , Cooksley and Dowd might have a very quiet tour of Australia , and thus not be march-hardened by the time they move into the five-match tour of South Africa . |
| 8 | But he was 72 and would be 73 by the time he had to move if he moved . |
| 9 | I ca n't leave this and we 'll all be starving by the time we reach temperature . ’ |
| 10 | He 'll be knackered by the time he , when he gets back . |
| 11 | It 'd be knackered by the time it gets down to the Cocks Terry , from here . |
| 12 | ( STOP PRESS : A 5th July 1992 opening date has been suggested — our museum may be open by the time you receive this Journal ! ) |
| 13 | ‘ It 'll be warmer by the time we get there . |
| 14 | If separate bags of nuts , bran , oats and sugar beet for instance are used , all will be stale by the time they are finished . |
| 15 | Selwyn would be ready by the time he returned . |
| 16 | ‘ It 'll be ready by the time you 've worked out which cutlery to use . ’ |
| 17 | She felt better for having made that decision ; perhaps her car would be ready by the time she came back . |
| 18 | Mr Horn called for the resignation of the six men , warning he could be dead by the time they read the letters . |
| 19 | I may be dead by the time you come back . " |
| 20 | Despite the large amount of funding that has been pumped into the scheme teachers are worried by the time it takes for materials and information to get through to them . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ But your dad was rich by the time you came along , ’ said Constance , ‘ and mine was dead . |
| 23 | He was tall by the time he reached the counter , with that thin , stringy look of a rider and the ching … ching sound of spurs . |
| 24 | It was dark by the time they had finished . |
| 25 | It was dark by the time we were finished . |
| 26 | It was dark by the time I 'd finished . |
| 27 | It was dark by the time he had finished with the left side of the road . |
| 28 | It was dark by the time he reached his destination . |
| 29 | She was unconscious by the time I reached her , ’ she said . |
| 30 | He was unconscious by the time he arrived at hospital in Sanford and remained in a coma until he died . |