Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] by this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was empty , Jo was by this time awake ( having crept earlier to bed ) , but she did n't move for fear of her father 's anger interpreting his shouts of rage , she gathered that her mother was gone and realising what damage he could consequently do to her and her baby , she knew that she had to escape . |
| 2 | Vlasov was by this time fully aware of the likely fate of his army , many of whom had grisly crimes to answer for ; however , he himself refused to take an opportunity to escape to Spain . |
| 3 | Greg was by this time at University , and Shanti missed him very much . |
| 4 | Mr Cubbage was by this time almost demented , he had to know Coleen 's decision , so he wrote an impassioned letter begging her to accept his proposal of marriage . |
| 5 | Though Danzig was by this time 90 per cent Protestant and almost entirely German in character and culture , the city still feared the worst from Prussian rule . |
| 6 | As Minister of Internal Affairs , Valuev was by this time in a position to act . |
| 7 | Macho and Ulysse were by this time standing upright , concentrating on the movements of the colobus high up in the trees . |
| 8 | Eastern Pomerania , however , the area that was eventually to become the Polish Corridor was 60–100 per cent Polish , while the Pomeranian districts of Lębork and Słupsk were by this time only 0.5–10 per cent Polish . |