Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun] by [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Widnes were back to a full complement of players by the time Tony Thorniley scored Warrington 's second , again from an inspired Mackey pass , but the visitors were powerless to prevent the centre reaching the line from 25 yards . |
| 2 | The historical analysis also charts trends in the degree of consensus of approach existing between the parties , highlighting an increased level of agreement by the time of the second direct elections to the European Parliament in 1984 . |
| 3 | Edward had dropped the whole cargo of gifts by the time he had got down the twenty iron rungs of the ladder . |
| 4 | ‘ You 'll be quite a good sort of person by the time you return from the Future , supposing you do return , of course , because I did n't like the sound of that spell , did you ? |
| 5 | Nor was there proper central control over the building and maintenance of fortifications , many of which were sadly out-of-date or in bad need of repair by the time that the English began to invade France . |
| 6 | I had a very good knowledge of Edinburgh by the time I was five . |
| 7 | We were in a mild state of shock by the time we arrived at the bottom . |
| 8 | The carcass , unfortunately , was in quite an advanced state of decomposition by the time we got to it , so we could not look at the detailed histology ( cell structure ) of the internal organs or the central nervous system . |
| 9 | You 'll have a lot of headache by the time I 've finished . |