Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [prep] the time [pron] " in BNC.

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1 They 'd gone to the loo together by the time I joined Bunny .
2 side then by the time you 've walked round
3 At Wickham 's prompting he painstakingly recalled everything that had happened in the pub that evening up to the time he missed the knife , and recited a list of names of customers who had been there .
4 Such had been the history of this camp up to the time I arrived there .
5 You 'll find your ticket downstairs by the time you check out . ’
6 Did they have problems with keeping the water out during the time they were storing the
7 ‘ You wrote that you caught him at his flat just at the time he was leaving the country . ’
8 He worked he worked all his time on the island apart from the time he was in the army .
9 ‘ I 'd say he was a transit airline passenger on a refuelling stop who got off his aeroplane , changed into a pair of overalls in the toilet , drove off with a van-load of baggage , took what he wanted and was back on his plane well within the time his flight was called , to continue his journey without even going through customs .
10 we got back there was a a a meal there by the time we 'd you know
11 But essentially , the time in which they were built is a world apart from the time we live in .
12 ‘ She was such a beautiful little baby ; and because things were a bit easier by the time she came along she was always dressed in pretty clothes , not second-hand things and hand-me-downs as we were .
13 The trouble is that he ca n't recreate the formula , so he is pretty teed off by the time his fund manager Dr Crane ( Lorraine Bracco ) turns up to find out what 's going on .
14 Tatarinov argued that all ministries and other governmental institutions should be obliged to produce detailed estimates for the year ahead at the time they submitted their annual accounts .
15 Its unique design was never put to the test in defending against attack ; instead it was used as a prison almost from the time it was built .
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