1.She should be feeling better by now. (CLD, should)

2.By the 1970s, Abram was starting to come into his own as a soloist. （CLD, own）

3.The letter should arrive by Friday. （CLD, should）

4.By two o’clock I was desperate for something to eat.（CLD,desperate）

5.I’ll have it done by tomorrow.(OALD6, by)

6.Can you finish the work by five o’clock? (OALD6, by)

7.By this time next week, we’ll be in New York. (OALD6, by)

8.By the time (that) this letter reaches you, I will have left the country. (OALD6, by)

9.By nightfall the whole city was burning. (OALD6, burn)

By the end of the match, the sweat was pouring off him. (OALD6, sweat)

By now the rain was pelting down. (OALD6, pelt)

10.By the end of the week, we knew the subject from A to Z. (OALD6, A)

By then Henry seemed less compliant with his wife’s wishes than he had been six months before. (OALD6, compliant)

By the age of 21, he controlled the company. (OALD6, control)

Patches of fog will clear by mid-morning. (OALD6, fog)

11.By the time the summer came around, Kelly was feeling much better.(LDOCE4, come around)

12.By late afternoon there came news that cheered them all. (LDOCE4, cheer)

13.The documents need to be ready by next Friday. (LDOCE4, by)

14.By the end of the day, we had sold over 2000 tickets. (LDOCE4, by)

15.By the time we got home, we were tired and hungry. (LDOCE4, by)

CLD：《剑桥英语学习词典》2001英文版

LDOCE4《朗文当代英语辞典》第4版2003英文版

OALD6《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》第6版

MED《麦克米伦高阶英语辞典》2002英文版

16.By midnight ice was forming on the road. (LDOCE4, form)

By 1977, the USA was importing no less than 45% of its oil. (LDOCE4, less)

Is that work going to be finished by Friday, or what?

17.By the 1960s, it was becoming more acceptable for women to work in management. (MED, acceptable)

18.By the time the doctor arrived, I was already beginning to feel better. (MED, already)

19.Application forms must be received by 31st March.（MED, by）

I want these boxes out of the room by tomorrow. （MED, want

20.We shall have completed the section by Monday. (MED, shall)

21.The meeting should have finished by 4:30. （MED, by）

22.Ingrid could play the violin by the time she was six. （MED, can）

23.Will you be winding down by then? （MED, wind down）到那时你会放松下来吗？

24.18,400 new houses will be needed by 2011 to cope with the demand. (MED, demand)

25.The kids get bored by the end of the summer holidays. (MED, holiday)

26. Emma was talking well by the age of two years and a half.(MED,half)

27. By 10 o’clock the club was full and they were already turning people away. (CLD, turn away)

28. He’ll be home by now. (OALD6, now)

29. By the end of 1942, things were starting to change. (LDOCE4,thing）

30. By now the army was approaching from the south. (LDOCE4,south)

31. A lot of the kids are on heroin by the age of twelve. (LDOCE4, on)

32. By October1987, a year after Big Bang, the inflated City salaries were slipping.《朗文英语大辞典》Big Bang，到了1987年10月，“大爆炸”改革实行一年以后，伦敦市内膨胀的薪金正在下降。