Example sentences of "by [adv] there [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And at once they had to acknowledge what probably they had known but not wished to push before the other — that physical flutter had been their bond , certainly at first , though by now there were other more convenient linkages ; for they found each other very beautiful , very desirable . |
| 2 | I then had the problem of having to stand , holding the gate up so that it would n't fall on the dog and by now there were three tractors and four cars blocking the road . |
| 3 | By now there were fewer paeans of praise to fecundity in the magazines ; instead they were asking ‘ Why Young Mothers Feel Trapped ’ ( Redbook ) or , with more than a hint of desperation , offering ‘ 58 Ways To Make Your Marriage More Exciting ’ ( Newsweek ) , Graduate wives complained bitterly , especially in the Guardian , of living like cabbages . |
| 4 | I came in June 1940 and by then there were 9,000 , first year , and by 1945 there were 90,000. 90,000 girls working all over Britain . |
| 5 | But by then there was deep distrust between France and the rest of the Community . |
| 6 | But by then there was another sexbox cruising down the floor towards us , and I was too fuddled and clogged to argue . |