Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [pron] by the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | She got out as soon as she could , and found work in the weaving sheds — " she was a good weaver ; six looms under her by the time she was sixteen " — marry , produce nine children , eight of whom emigrated to the cotton mills of Massachusetts before the First World War , managed , " never went before the Guardians " .1 It was much , much later that I learned from One Hand Tied Behind Us that four was the usual number of looms for a Lancashire weaver ; Burnley weavers were not well organised , and my great-grandmother had six not because she was a good weaver but because she was exploited . " |
| 2 | With a bit of luck , she would be begging for it by the time he came back . |
| 3 | the thing is that something must happen to them by the time they reach the age of twenty three that makes us want to marry them . |
| 4 | It was very tiring and actually the perspiration just used to be dropping off me by the time I got into the flat . |
| 5 | Inheriting the earth , or what 's left of it by the time the non-meek have realized the folly of their ways , is a process which takes much fortitude and patience . |