Example sentences of "[num] [noun] and [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trip took three weeks and by the time she arrived , South Georgia had been recaptured . |
| 2 | He played for his County boys ' team at the tender age of 11 years and by the time he was 13 he was reserve for the England Boys International team against Scotland . |
| 3 | it 'd cost you about a hundred thousand quid and by the time they 've done it , it 's exactly the same as what the other one was . |
| 4 | Erm you get most of your you know you The amount of weight and height you put on from say , nought to six months and then six months to two months and by the time you 've got to about eight or something . |
| 5 | It had only two doors and by the time they had been pushed roughly into the back , with the Woman leaning round in the front seat to point the small gun at them , they hardly dared to breathe . |