Example sentences of "go by the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had quite a cheerful blaze going by the time she came back , with an armful of twigs and berries which she arranged artistically in a vase on the table . |
| 2 | To get the sledge ready you anchor it firmly ; this is vital because once you have attached your first dog he will start to tow and the whole shooting match will be long gone by the time you get back with your second dog . |
| 3 | But direct observation does give you the colours and you do become more accurate , even though sunlight and shadows move so fast during the time it takes to paint such a scene that the particular arrangement that caught your eye in the first place has long since gone by the time the picture is finished ! |
| 4 | She was there to answer when Cleopatra asked her who she was laughing at , and gone by the time she was supposed to say , ‘ Heigho ! |
| 5 | ‘ Most of my sight had gone by the time I was five or six but at that age you seem to adjust without realising what 's happening , ’ Julia says . |
| 6 | ‘ I expect you to be gone by the time I get back . ’ |
| 7 | The doctor had been and gone by the time Maxim reached the little cottage on the hillside above Caswell 's father-in-law 's garage . |
| 8 | I 'll be gone by the time you wake up in the morning . |
| 9 | ‘ You said you 'd be gone by the time I got up . ’ |
| 10 | My men called her something else when they started going down with the ‘ clap ’ , but she was long gone by the time they found out . ’ |
| 11 | The one disappointment for the group was in finding that all the bananas had gone by the time they got in . |
| 12 | Erm , now bearing in mind that half the year has gone , or will have gone by the time anybody arrived here , erm it seemed to me that where I , my analysis of that situation was that if we were going to achieve our target times , erm , then the theory would seem to be that we ought to make , er , two appointments now , I E two appointments for half the year will be equivalent to one appointment for the year , and that will produce the number of investigative hours which roughly that the formula says we need to knock off the required number of complaints in the required number of times . |
| 13 | She had hoped she 'd be long gone by the time he had finished his swim , but already he was nearly back at shore , and the filmy dress was sticking awkwardly to her still damp skin . |
| 14 | Only 7 nuns remain at Bartestree and they 'll be gone by the time auctioneers sell off the contents of the convent in 3 weeks time . |
| 15 | Only 7 nuns remain at Bartestree and they 'll be gone by the time auctioneers sell off the contents of the convent in 3 weeks time . |
| 16 | That lasted about 15 minutes and the pain had gone by the time I had got to hospital , ’ he said . |
| 17 | Well , I 'd done that there , and that had gone by the time I went to the hospital and I thought brilliant ! |
| 18 | They 're all gone by the time you get into work and they ai n't back by time you go home . |
| 19 | Well I 'll be practically gone by the time you get back , I mean |