Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adj] by the time " in BNC.

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1 I was determined to render myself generic by the time I left university .
2 Never mind , we 'll have it clean by the time the pie 's ready . ’
3 We 'll have eaten it all by the time you get in here .
4 I hope to get it right by the time the Olympics come round , ’ she said .
5 Er anyway the that was the cook 's job and that was my job , I used to sort of go across and fetch this tea and have it ready by the time the men gave up work at nine o'clock .
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