Example sentences of "time he [vb past] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was a good scene and , by the time he got to the Hooded Owl speech , he was back on course . |
| 2 | He sank into the waiting limo unshaven , crumpled , white-faced , nervous , shattered and by the time he got to the posh Beverly Hills Hotel , in need of the complimentary bottle of Scotch a thoughtful management had left in his room . |
| 3 | By the time he got to the oldest , a tiresome socialite friend of his mother 's , he started : ‘ I do n't think much … . ’ |
| 4 | And by the time he got to the next corner , we 'd be back on the corner . ' |
| 5 | One time he went to the wrong house just after they 'd moved . |