Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] by [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had by this time spent some years in the States , including a year living in an Anglican theological college , and had watched my friends become ordained . |
| 2 | I had by this time met the latter . |
| 3 | We received a call from the hospital , which had by this time received the results of the X-rays . |
| 4 | ‘ You knew by this time ? |
| 5 | He seemed obtuse , as she felt by this time that she had more than cancelled out any slight encouragement she might have given him at first . |
| 6 | However , she had by that time passed her eightieth birthday . |
| 7 | She had by that time , however , had a whole week in which to do quite a lot of thinking . |
| 8 | This lot have been brought into the barn for a rest , ’ indicating with his hand the others who had by this time fallen asleep , oblivious to the noise of the guns and the explosions very close to the barn . |
| 9 | Even this severe shaking , however , failed to cause alarm amongst the local people ; they had by that time been living with the eruption for many weeks , and it is remarkable just to what extent familiarity of even something as exceptional as a volcanic eruption can breed contempt . |
| 10 | He had by this time divorced his first wife . |
| 11 | He had by this time been child factory worker , apprentice framework knitter and short-term seaman , so his reaction is significant . |