Definition

Examples

• "Be ready at the bus depot by 5 AM. Sorry, money is tight right now."
• "Please be in the office and ready for my call by 8 AM San Francisco time."
• "Tomorrow morning I have to finish an interim financial report, and Kevin still hasn't gotten back to me with the figures I need from the factories in Asia, and I already asked him eight times, and Bruno's going to be furious if the finished report isn't on his desk by 12."
• "I need, like, three thousand copies by Tuesday!"
• "I'm not sure what we would do without him. Our taxes are due in April, but Mr. Quincy usually has them finished by mid-January."
• "Mr. Wang : Yes gentlemen, unless we come to an arrangement right away, I will own enough stock in your companies to have a controlling interest by the market's close tomorrow night!"
• "Delivery to be made by 31st February"
• "Archibald : While I'd love to exchange more absurd exaggerations with you, Miss Watson, I would love even more to help find your server and have it back to you by tomorrow afternoon?"
• "Our ETA in Boston is 1:30 AM, but again, I'll do my best to make it there by midnight."
• "Susie, those designs you faxed me look great, and Mrs. Lee told me she can have 10,000 labels printed with a special adhesive by next week!"
• "Philip, you'll have my answer by tomorrow evening."
• "Otherwise, give me a chance, and I'll have a report for you by Tuesday."
• "If you ever want to see him again, you will deliver a briefcase with cash: 500,000 (Euros, not dollars) to this address by the 13th of this month"
• "I could put your perfumes on the shelves of my stores by next week."
• "Oh by the way Icarus, I'll need that budget report on my desk by 9:00 am tomorrow."
• "By the time it reaches Brazil, we will have missed the delivery deadline!"
• "Brian : Absolutely sir, you'll have my report by Tuesday evening."
• "- You must check out by 8AM on your day of departure."