Example sentences of "but by [art] time [pers pn] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four children and their father set off on a bear hunt in high spirits , but by the time they 've forded a river , squelched through mud , survived a snowstorm and a wild wood to penetrate the bear 's dark cave , all they are capable of is running home again , with bear in hot pursuit . |
| 2 | but by the time they 've stood for five minutes they are . |
| 3 | He ran across the road and heard the French shout as they saw him , but by the time they had pulled their triggers , he was already in the shelter of the tall trees . |
| 4 | They went to Laos , Cambodia , but by the time they had arrived in Katmandu Sharp had decided to head on to London . |
| 5 | She re-read the previous page , but by the time she 'd got to the bottom again it made as little sense as it had the first time . |
| 6 | She had saved enough to buy a length of material in the market , but by the time she had enough money from her wages to pay a dressmaker , the summer would be over . |
| 7 | Walking forward , face scarlet , legs turned to jelly and arms stiff and awkward , she felt like a marionette , but by the time she had shown the third model , ‘ Wicked Lady ’ , she had begun almost to enjoy herself . |
| 8 | Fred 's trousers were still around his ankles and his movement was hurting her , but by the time she had managed to free one of her legs from beneath him he had finished . |
| 9 | A quick glance through the window showed his car still parked outside , but by the time she had showered and breakfasted she saw that a mechanic was at work on it , and half an hour later her doorbell rang . |
| 10 | She said goodbye to him but by the time she had entered the hotel , Lubor was already far from her thoughts . |
| 11 | I contemplate a quick thirty minutes in my sleeping bag , but by the time I 've checked on the sentries again it 's too late . |
| 12 | ‘ Ca n't spare the water , but by the time I 've finished cooking they 'll be sterile . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I suspect a good deal , but by the time I 've tracked Garry down you 'll be an open book . |
| 14 | But by the time I 'd got to the summer term the things that had failed had failed and I knew why , and I was n't feeling too inclined to change them particularly at the time because they had n't failed to the point where the class was in chaos . |
| 15 | But by the time I had got it out of the packet and placed it between my lips , he had lighted a cerillo and was holding it out to me in cupped hands , smiling above the soft yellow flame whose elvish reflection danced in his blue eyes . |
| 16 | But by the time I had turned off the road from Bellingham at Kielder village and driven up the bumpy Forest Drive to East Kielder Farm , I was longing for the sight of something other than water and trees . |
| 17 | But by the time I had reached middle age , the Ordnance Survey had switched the names after an inconclusive local census , and for a few years the eastern stream appeared on their maps as the River Doe before being changed again — this time to the River Greta , having no doubt decided that the eastern stream was the principal of the two and really the source of the parent river . |
| 18 | They must have been sick and tired of my harping about gay rights , but by the time I had decided to move to London in order to set up home with the man of my dreams , my workmates organized a leaving party which was a touching celebration of the relationship between Keith and myself . |
| 19 | Er , but by the time I had my passport so I thought may not get a job again better to try the luck somewhere else . |
| 20 | Michael Brunson tried a rude personal question , but by the time it had been translated into official interviewese — ‘ Would you accept that there are worries about your being in Downing Street ? ’ — it hardly sounded like a question , let alone a rude question . |
| 21 | It 's just started to get dark but by the time it 's just started to get |
| 22 | But by the time he 'd cleaned the floor to his satisfaction , the broom had worn right away , right down , to the handle . |
| 23 | He hurriedly tried to wind the window down as he could n't see clearly through the thin layer of frost and condensation , but by the time he 'd done so , the red Ferrari had spurted to the top of the ramp , its undipped lights blinding him , swung to the right and roared down the street . |
| 24 | The man had her address and was going to write , but by the time he 'd got home had decided not to . |
| 25 | But by the time he had gathered up her handbag and Lord Woodleigh 's camera , which had come to rest nearby , she was able slowly to make her way with them to the nearest point where the accident could be reported . |
| 26 | Regular correspondence with the revered minimalist La Monte Young introduced him to the Dadaist movement Fluxus , but by the time he had won a Leonard Bernstein scholarship to the Berkshire School of Music in Massachusetts , ‘ I felt I 'd run my course as far as the avant-garde was concerned ’ . |
| 27 | He did not take long in drinking his tea but by the time he had finished it , he saw that she was no longer at the counter , her place having been taken by another girl . |
| 28 | He said to his assistant ‘ I do n't believe it ’ but by the time he had sounded the horn and applied the brakes the train had run over him . |
| 29 | But by the time you 've found that out , you 've met a few people , and you do n't need to hang around the hall any more . |
| 30 | Yeah , but by the time you 've washed up |