Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] the time [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some nectar-eating ants cut down on the time they spend searching for food by using their body clock to alert them to mealtimes . |
| 2 | If James has n't come down by the time you get back , I promise to go and get you a drink , my darling , dearest , demanding wife . ’ |
| 3 | That 's what I says to her , like on Friday when you come in by the time we 've got yo got you summat to eat and a bath and your petrol and everything ready for the next week filled your car up , that we could call in then but like if we have Saturday night you can either go to bed , sleep on floor or do virtually what you want cos you do n't have to go on Sunday if you do n't want . |
| 4 | As for the new US system of having a laundry pick up a bucket each day — the worst is over by the time you have put the diaper in the bucket . |
| 5 | Form the moment they wake up until the time they go to bed , whether they are playing with friends or at school , their minds and bodies are always active . |
| 6 | The rear windows have steamed up by the time we decant her , and do not clear again until we are nearly over Putney Bridge . |
| 7 | Strenuous laybacking for 40 feet or so brings better holds , allowing exhilaratingly steep bridging , and the whole rope will have run out by the time you pull onto the platform at the top , all too soon for the fit , but thankfully for the tired or those leading at their limit , as I was on this occasion . |
| 8 | And who can say what will be going on by the time you read these words ? |