Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] by [art] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | Most of the problems had disappeared by the time the baby was 8 months old and there was no link with the incidence of later problems in the relationship between the siblings . |
| 32 | As a class they had disappeared by the time of the Domesday survey . |
| 33 | The letter which has just been found refers to something like called a police operational order authorising the raid , saying that had disappeared by the time the police complaints authority started looking for it . |
| 34 | A man was seen loitering in Clotherholme Road but had disappeared by the time officers arrived . |
| 35 | ‘ Most of my sight had gone by the time I was five or six but at that age you seem to adjust without realising what 's happening , ’ Julia says . |
| 36 | The one disappointment for the group was in finding that all the bananas had gone by the time they got in . |
| 37 | That lasted about 15 minutes and the pain had gone by the time I had got to hospital , ’ he said . |
| 38 | Well , I 'd done that there , and that had gone by the time I went to the hospital and I thought brilliant ! |
| 39 | BRIAN MULRONEY has turned out to be one of the most unloved prime ministers in recent Canadian history — his popularity had plummeted by the time he decided to resign . |
| 40 | This had happened by the time the Gospels were written . |
| 41 | The sponsor had left by the time it happened , so how can he be furious ? |
| 42 | The rain had subsided by the time she was ready to set out , so she only needed to knot a sweater round her shoulders . |
| 43 | My enthusiasm had waned by the time the tea arrived . |
| 44 | But the mood had passed by the time Harry walked once more into Breakspear College , sucking at an extra-strong mint and glad to see that a different porter was manning the lodge . |
| 45 | Precisely when and in what circumstances Molla Fenari returned to the Ottoman lands is not entirely clear , though both Ibn Hajar and Taskopruzade assert that he had returned by the time he went on the pilgrimage in 822/1419 . |
| 46 | The agenda here had changed by the time of Margaret Thatcher 's election victory promise to do something about ‘ those inner cities ’ . |