Example sentences of "the [noun] [noun sg] by [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been no more news about the murder inquiry by the time Loretta arrived at her office on Monday morning . |
| 2 | She had imagined the unwelcome caller would be quickly repulsed , but after ten minutes , when she could still hear the sound of voices in the outer room , she reluctantly left the bed to enter the shower , and was fully clothed and brushing her hair in front of the bedroom mirror by the time the door opened to re-admit Rune . |
| 3 | For example , there are n't too many Russians who can boast to having seen The Phantom of the Opera , Cats , and the Bolshoi Ballet by the time they are 13 . |
| 4 | But one had already suffocated in the plastic bag by the time they were found by a passer by . |
| 5 | It was being sharpened there and he wanted to have the grass mown by the time his wife and children came back . |
| 6 | Keith Taylor of Bangor , Glen Thompson of Knock and Rathfriland 's Gary McIlroy will be over the age limit by the time the next series comes around . |
| 7 | Dimly doing her best to remember what they 'd taught her at school , Diane believed that she 'd managed to work out the map reference by the time that Ross Aldridge arrived at the Hall . |