Example sentences of "[adj] and [prep] the time [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within 20 years the instrument will be brown and by the time it is 200 years old it will be virtually black . ’ |
| 2 | And I was half and half and by the time I you know , to come down to answer it mum , they 'd gone . |
| 3 | He sank into the waiting limo unshaven , crumpled , white-faced , nervous , shattered and by the time he got to the posh Beverly Hills Hotel , in need of the complimentary bottle of Scotch a thoughtful management had left in his room . |
| 4 | ‘ It was absolutely freezing and by the time we got the fish to the deeper water the carp sacks were frozen , ’ added Ian who also broke two landing nets during the rescue . |
| 5 | The company was formed on Albert Hill in 1864 and by the time it closed in 1879 it had been responsible for 40 bridges in Denmark , 20 bridges in Sweden all built in 1874 , all the viaducts on the Whitby-RedcarMiddlesbrough line including the Staithes Viaduct , Llandudno pier , a bridge in Syria , another over the Tay in Scotland and a footbridge over the Tees at Barnard Castle . |
| 6 | She started work at 14 and by the time she found herself at Vons she 'd held a variety of jobs . |
| 7 | It was built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1841 and at the time it was acclaimed as an engineering masterpiece . |
| 8 | She had n't got free until nearly seven and by the time she had negotiated the traffic and turned towards her flat it was eight o'clock . |