Example sentences of "but by [art] time [pron] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he kissed me , and for a moment I remembered a play we were in together , when we 'd done the same sort of kiss , starting with his hand under my chin and just our lips lightly together , and then developing into a full clinch ; but by the time we were deeply embraced I had forgotten the play and could think only that this was like coming home . |
| 2 | At least the gale was from astern , but by the time we were abreast of Aberdeen the wind had increased to a storm force then , several ships were in difficulties and Venturous was becoming difficult to steer , the helmsman being forced to use the engines in conjunction with the wheel to prevent a broach . |
| 3 | The main force should have got into the town under the cover of a raid by the RAF , but by the time they were at the foot of the escarpment , this was almost over . |
| 4 | But by the time they were back in Hollywood to do interiors at Paramount Studios , she deteriorated and had to be replaced by Elizabeth Taylor . |
| 5 | Their names were taken from Amal 's brother , but by the time they were collected and asked to appear before the police for statements they had taken great pains to prepare their story . |
| 6 | ‘ But by the time I was eighteen , I realised that , as much as I loved studying the past , my greatest joy came from — well , I suppose you 'd describe it as planning things and watching them grow . ’ |
| 7 | The building was in use for its original purpose until the early 1960s , but by the time it was acquired for conversion into dwellings in 1977 , it had lain empty for more than ten years and was decaying rapidly because the upper floors and roof covering of the mill had been destroyed in a fire . |
| 8 | It was recorded with the original Wedding Present line-up but by the time it was released in February 1988 , Shaun Charman had been replaced by Simon Smith . |
| 9 | At first it moved at no more than a lumbering trot , but by the time it was halfway up the street it was moving arrow-fast … |
| 10 | But by the time it was furnished , the wool-based economy had begun to collapse and the family could n't support the house . |
| 11 | Daryl 's early musical experiences began by playing trumpet in the school band , but by the time he was eleven he had discovered the guitar . |
| 12 | Richard 's brothers and sisters would certainly have passed on tales of quiet desperation : but by the time he was seven or eight , things were easier . |
| 13 | Wycliffe prided himself on being reasonably fit , but by the time he was halfway up the hill he knew that he had a heart and lungs . |
| 14 | But by the time he was assessed as fit for open prison in Britain he 'd become the leading figure in Australia 's organised crime world … involved in drug smuggling … fraud and firearms offences |
| 15 | But by the time you were born I could n't give up Other world ; I was deep in the battle we wage here against the powers of the dark , and to leave it would have been deserting . |