Example sentences of "and [adv] [adj] by the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The food was described as tasteless and monotonous , and often cold by the time it reached people housed some distance from the kitchens . |
| 2 | Has it ever occurred to you that I was wedded and bedded and well pregnant by the time I was your age ? |
| 3 | It was dark and well stormy by the time I got to the Aurora Corona Rest Home and the residents were probably battened down for the night . |
| 4 | Yeah and then that by the time I get back about fourish |
| 5 | He therefore took up a defensive position behind a series of hedges , but it was 5 pm and almost dark by the time the two sides came into contact . |