Example sentences of "by [adv] [pron] [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But by now they were used to it . |
| 2 | And , such is trust , they went on seeing it after it had gone , for by now they were used to the constant and bewildering ebb and flow of Stevenson money . |
| 3 | By now he was used to spending longer and longer periods alone , yet in that moment when she walked away he always experienced a brief sense of loss that made him want to rush after her and beg her not to go . |
| 4 | By now he was concerned with practical details : ‘ You might scout around for mesh stockings ! |
| 5 | By now it was clear to Coetzee 's superiors that , even in the freewheeling world of secret police work , their Section C stalwart was out of control . |
| 6 | By now I was low on petrol and flew back to Takali after Thacker hit the water . |
| 7 | But by now I was crazed with the idea of doing something for this woman that retained some shred of playfulness to it , so she could think to herself : ‘ All in fun , all in fun ’ , and yet which conveyed the full force of the idea that I had been alone in that office that weekend with a huge erection thinking of her . |
| 8 | By then he was married to Ethel Midgley , whose father was a cobbler . |
| 9 | ‘ By then it was obvious to me that the business had become too much for my dad on his own . |