Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] by [art] time [pron] " in BNC.

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1 It was well after nine by the time we got rid of them . ’
2 It is past nine by the time we start to harness the dogs , and the sky is a little clearer , the temperature a little cooler .
3 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 .
4 I 'll be near forty by the time she 's ready for marriage , and that 's a lifetime away ; and it 's your lifetime away , too .
5 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 .
6 He had a big advantage over Peter Slade in that by the time his seminal publication , Development through Drama , emerged in 1967 , the profession , particularly teachers in the Primary schools , was more eager to seize upon his message .
7 I thought he was kinda saying to that by the time she got round to saying it , it would n't mean as much .
8 That stretched to 13 by the time it rolled in at 11.47 to loudspeaker apologies reporting technical problems at Peterborough .
9 It was half-past two by the time I made it . ’
10 The fact that Hall 6 is a bare cavern with iron girders did n't matter at all by the time we had finished .
11 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 .
12 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 .
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