Example sentences of "the [noun] by [art] time [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If that were the case , then atavistic professional instincts and the terrifying imminence of the first night would ensure that he knew the part by the time they opened . |
| 2 | Hankin promised : ‘ I will have eight or nine youngsters in the side by the time we play Exeter in our final match . |
| 3 | Cheaper than the car by the time you 've paid petrol there and back again . |
| 4 | And are n't most mothers in the 90s planning to return to some form of work outside the home by the time their youngest child is at school full-time ? |
| 5 | They first showed that the inhibitor had no effect on the rats ' ability to swim in general , nor , if the animals had already learned the maze by the time it was injected , did it prevent them from swimming it correctly . |
| 6 | When he saw it , he was downstairs , ready to get into the vehicle by the time it had stopped , and the director had got out . |
| 7 | Sam and Doone were already in the boatyard by the time I 'd found my way there , neither of them radiating joy , Sam 's multicoloured jacket only emphasising the personality clash with grey plain clothes . |
| 8 | ‘ There wo n't be a dry eye in the place by the time you 've finished , ’ she murmured . |
| 9 | I often wished later that I had named Trotsky instead , because his principles were more in accord with the way I felt about the place by the time I left , but at that time I had never even heard of him . |
| 10 | On the other hand a child who was brought up to be bilingual in French and English or who had a natural facility for ‘ picking up ’ languages could romp through his spoken French grades and have reached the top by the time he was 16 , while perhaps having achieved lower grades both in written French and in other more literary aspects of the subject . |
| 11 | Already she was tired , and by the looks of the flat by the time she was finished she would be exhausted . |
| 12 | They 'd had their one hit with ‘ Guns Of Navarone ’ and he was the toaster by the time they were doing the small-time club circuit . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , I 'm in fer a right 'idin' if I ai n't got that bleedin' contraption out o' the 'ouse by the time my Joshua comes 'ome , ‘ specially if 'e 's bin on the turps again . |
| 14 | This was still very much the situation by the time I went to Bristol . |
| 15 | But he had been very helpful over the Puddephat business , she admitted to herself , and his moods were unpredictable — he might be on top of the world by the time he arrived at the cinema . |
| 16 | The fire had spread to the fuselage and reached the cockpit by the time he got the wheels on the ground and jumped out . |
| 17 | There were flickering lights in the quarry by the time they got back . |
| 18 | Last week a husband took his wife out for a drive and we had 45 minutes to get the place ready , wine chilled , chandeliers , and have a lobster dinner ready on the table by the time they got back . |
| 19 | It was difficult to avoid splashing oneself when filling , admits Mr Doig , and often difficult , too , to have the chemical all in the tank by the time it was full of water . |
| 20 | The three children had gone to bed and Rose was waiting by the fire by the time he was satisfied enough with what he had written to seal the envelope . |
| 21 | ‘ He hardly left the house by the time you got round to him . ’ |