Example sentences of "[adj] by [art] time [pers pn] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Libby 's jersey felt rough on her arms after the bareness of summer , they wore wellington boots , not sandals , and the black rubber glistened with damp by the time they had crossed the field , disturbing the sleeping cows . |
| 2 | It was dark by the time they had finished . |
| 3 | It was dark by the time he had finished with the left side of the road . |
| 4 | It was dark by the time I 'd finished . |
| 5 | Because most people 's range of social experience has become quite limited by the time they have attained adulthood , such observations are nearly always selective and may be hard to interpret or simply misleading . |
| 6 | ‘ In fact , it 'll probably be even huger by the time we 've convicted Mutton on corruption charges , as well as Jake for smugglin' ! ’ |
| 7 | But he was 72 and would be 73 by the time he had to move if he moved . |
| 8 | The fact that Hall 6 is a bare cavern with iron girders did n't matter at all by the time we had finished . |
| 9 | When I bought her as a young heifer , a friend went on and on about how small she was until I wondered if I was going to have a beast left at all by the time she had finished . |
| 10 | It was late by the time we had finished chatting and they cycled off to find somewhere to pitch their tent . |
| 11 | He celebrated by taking a wicket with his sixth ball and two more by the time he had bowled twenty ; when Hendrick got Lloyd , West Indies were 26 for 4 . |
| 12 | So yes your spouse might be getting all your assets , but if you 're going o be seventy five or eighty by the time you 've gone and your spouse is seventy four or seventy nine or whatever , he or she may be a little bit past the running around that 's necessary the actual practicality of it . |
| 13 | It must have been around two-forty-five by the time I 'd packed up my stuff . |
| 14 | But , still the same , Fabia felt hot by the time she 'd made it to her room , so went and took a shower and changed her clothes and supposed , since it had to be lunchtime , that she should set about getting a snack of some sort . |
| 15 | Get out at twelve By the time you 've had an hour in there swimming you know how busy when you 're swimming lengths what with the diving in . |
| 16 | I expect your clothes will be dry enough to brush clean by the time you 've finished . |
| 17 | But I mean stuff like memos small memos and things like that by the time I 've sat and written it out I could 've put it straight onto a word processor myself and got it typed . |
| 18 | The Government report reveals that in ninteen ninety alone , three and a half thousand birds were dead by the time they 'd arrived in Britain . |
| 19 | Fairfax has a couple of gins and tonic ready by the time I have the fire blazing . |
| 20 | ‘ It 'll be ready by the time you 've worked out which cutlery to use . ’ |