Example sentences of "[adj] by [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be clear by this time that if there is one critical statement entirely and absolutely wrong , it is the one quoted at the start of this chapter , about The Lord of the Rings not being ‘ moulded by some controlling vision of things which is at the same time its raison d'être' . |
| 2 | ‘ I was cold and wet by this time , but after a tour of inspection I found the house was deserted . |
| 3 | The Duke and Duchess were old by this time and salvation uppermost on the Duke 's mind , it would seem . |
| 4 | She studied the Workshops , frowning , and Caspar , who was becoming alarmed by this time , saw that this was no ruse to secure his assistance ; Fenella intended to get into the Robemaker 's Workshops and rescue whoever it was who was in there . |
| 5 | But that was one case that he said and then he said it was getting quite dark by that time when the boat came in it was quite dark . |
| 6 | The dog was awake by this time , and on its feet , hackles raised . |
| 7 | ‘ I was so tired by that time that all I could do was sit in a deck-chair on the sea-front and sleep all day , but it was enough . ’ |
| 8 | She was tired by this time , and unsure of her judgement : of stresses , of odds , even of personalities . |
| 9 | This is when the labyrinth is developing and the young babies , which are about 1cm long by this time , are taking their first of air . |
| 10 | I was confident by this time that I was safe , despite retaining my poor showing at school , but I was in a new trade — Metal Rigger — and was , by result , as good as most . |
| 11 | He was married by that time and erm living down at but I do n't think it , it would be fairly near there . |
| 12 | It was too late by this time to stop the presses rolling , and the first editions had already been despatched . |
| 13 | The deer had become very numerous by this time in the New Forest , and there were numerous complaints about their depredations . |
| 14 | As far as possible , we will have finalised where job losses will occur worldwide by Christmas and hope to have advised all concerned by this time . |
| 15 | I would think that you should be wearing Lovat s tartan by this time ? ’ |
| 16 | It was strongly supported in the 1950s by the companies who purchased the cotton grown as a cash crop in the savannah , because it appeared to be the most effective way to reverse the declining fertility and falling yields which had become apparent by that time . |
| 17 | I was nearly desperate by this time , and in my drunkenness I said ‘ Yes , if you want to know I 'm in love with Hanns and I 'm missing him ; now please go ! ’ |
| 18 | Paviour 's uneasiness and distaste had grown so palpable by this time that his rigid bones looked tensed to breaking point . |
| 19 | The Nazification drive had been remarkably successful by this time . |
| 20 | In any event , according to Bethe , the test had become almost irrelevant by that time . |
| 21 | ‘ I treated it with a three-month course of Danocrine , followed by surgery which was necessary by this time , but was only effective and permanent because of the follow-up Danocrine treatment . ’ |
| 22 | The house , in outline , looked quite snug , she might even be asleep by this time . |
| 23 | As Cathy was several months pregnant by this time , she subsequently had her daughter , who is now two years old . |
| 24 | She was about twenty-four weeks pregnant by this time . |
| 25 | The work was not complete by that time , and although time for delivery is usually a condition , the defendant did not cancel the contract as he was entitled to do , but continued to press for delivery , thereby waiving his right to cancel . |
| 26 | The building work was essentially complete by this time ( summer 1899 ) . |
| 27 | Your background , your pedigree , yes you you you 've been brought up in a , possibly your fa your your parents , they 've taught you the right way , they are thrilled pieces , or they were if if they ma , they may well have been de dead by that time , but they were thrilled to pieces when you as a pharisee became a teacher , and a ruler , a leader amongst your people ! |
| 28 | Lovat badly wounded , probably dead by this time ! |
| 29 | Toby was doing his own brand of gaping by this time . |
| 30 | However , another of the original aims had become obsolete by this time . |