Example sentences of "dark by the time " in BNC.

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1 It was dark by the time I 'd finished .
2 It was almost dark by the time they got on the motorway .
3 It was dark by the time Henry reached home .
4 He therefore took up a defensive position behind a series of hedges , but it was 5 pm and almost dark by the time the two sides came into contact .
5 It was dark by the time we were finished .
6 It was going dark by the time the shepherd and his son shed their ragged leather milking jackets and carried two buckets each up the stone steps to the kitchen , followed by the two carabinieri .
7 It was dark by the time he had finished with the left side of the road .
8 It was dark by the time he reached his destination .
9 It was dark by the time they had finished .
10 It was dark by the time the arriving passengers began to fan out through the town in search of lodgings .
11 It was dark by the time the Loch Seaforth berthed at Stornoway and I had only a brief glimpse of the rugged Lewis coastline .
12 It was nearly dark by the time they reached the hut .
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