Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] by the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | recycled them so much by the time we get back to school they 've had it ! |
| 2 | I was very much happier by the time I went to sleep . |
| 3 | She recovered — though the royal nursery in Linlithgow can hardly have been a peaceful place , with its occupant combining convalescence with the more normal infant problem of teething ; but she was entirely well by the time Sadler saw her again , in early August . |
| 4 | It was exceedingly late by the time he got back to the mansion block . |
| 5 | quite easy , well it was comparatively easy , only trouble was of course that erm at night erm one had to go right down from County Hall to Barrett Corner to get on the bus because they were so full by the time they got to County Hall and erm so I used to walk down there with erm a chap from the Education Department , who was in the Works and Stores , a chap and erm , he was quite helpful . |
| 6 | In practice , the number of members denied reselection was small ( only seven by the time the 1983 general election was called ) , but the issue served to highlight the more overt emphasis placed by Labour activists on a candidate 's political stance than was the case on the Conservative side . |
| 7 | The long residence time even means that short-lived radioactive substances , such as those released by the Chernobyl accident , will be largely harmless by the time they emerge from an aquifer . |
| 8 | The speed will then be dangerously low by the time that the nose has been lowered , and even more speed will be lost during the descent through the wind gradient . |
| 9 | These procedures were even more extensive by the time of the petition campaign of 1792 . |
| 10 | Kaszubian produce , though initially cheaper than German farm produce , was much more expensive by the time levies and taxes had been added . |
| 11 | It was nearly six-thirty by the time she arrived back at the hotel , having spent more time wandering through Strøget on the way there . |
| 12 | It was nearly dark by the time they reached the hut . |
| 13 | yeah , just like erm , say a Friday or Saturday night when I take the car to go home , Sarah 's worked it out that by the time she walks upstairs and into her bedroom , she normally sees me going down Upping Road , but she does n't see me , next days it 's oh where did you go ? or what happened ? , |
| 14 | Icelandic salt cod was cheap , but transport and storage facilities were so unreliable that it was often rotten by the time it reached the housewife . |
| 15 | The problem is , to some extent , that because of the research involved and other factors , such offerings are often out-of-date by the time of publication . |
| 16 | The food was described as tasteless and monotonous , and often cold by the time it reached people housed some distance from the kitchens . |
| 17 | Gold Australe can reach up to ½″ in size in three weeks and they can be sexually mature by the time they are 12 weeks old . |
| 18 | Normally , little jumble could be expected from the few cottages on the headland , but Alex Mair , anxious to associate the power station with the community , had put up a notice on the staff board and the two tea chests were usually fairly full by the time the October sale came round . |
| 19 | I was really bad by the time I got there , y'know what I mean . |
| 20 | Has it ever occurred to you that I was wedded and bedded and well pregnant by the time I was your age ? |
| 21 | ‘ In fact , it 'll probably be even huger by the time we 've convicted Mutton on corruption charges , as well as Jake for smugglin' ! ’ |
| 22 | The Coln Valley Smokery was well alight by the time firemen arrived . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The return trek can seem like a very long haul but all the effort seems well worthwhile by the time you 're comfortably sitting in the bar at the Sligachan Hotel cradling your glass of single malt . |
| 25 | Yeah and then that by the time I get back about fourish |
| 26 | It was almost dark by the time they got on the motorway . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Because most people 's range of social experience has become quite limited by the time they have attained adulthood , such observations are nearly always selective and may be hard to interpret or simply misleading . |
| 29 | Although each component is necessary to the final taste of the cake , to ask how much of the taste is contributed by the flour , how much by the eggs , how much by the time and temperature of baking makes no sense ; the mixing and baking have qualitatively transformed the components . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'll be fully fit by the time of the international . |