Example sentences of "but by [art] time [pers pn] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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recorded with the original Wedding Present line-up but by the time it was released in February 1988 , Shaun Charman had been replaced by Simon Smith . |
| 4 | 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 … |
| 5 | But by the time it was furnished , the wool-based economy had begun to collapse and the family could n't support the house . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 |