Example sentences of "the [noun sg] i get there " in BNC.
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| 1 | And by the time I got there I was very cold and hungry . |
| 2 | I had to take two trains and a bus ; by the time I got there I was bleeding badly , giddy and incoherent with exhaustion . |
| 3 | By the time I got there , a recession and punk rock had knocked all that on the head . |
| 4 | By the time I got there half the house had already burnt down . |
| 5 | I was really bad by the time I got there , y'know what I mean . |
| 6 | I could hardly breathe by the time I got there ; my chest felt as if it was bursting and my throat was clenched tight and my legs were quivering again . |
| 7 | By the time I got there , I 'd changed my mind . |
| 8 | By the time I got there he was dead . ’ |
| 9 | By the time I got there it had gone . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ By the time I get there in that thing I shall look like something the cat dragged in , ’ she chortled . |
| 11 | But I mean you know he 's a workaholic and he expects everybody to be the same and then he works in there by the time I get there in the morning he works , works solidly right through until I leave there at night , you know . |