Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] by [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before it , the talk in the High Court corridors was that Meehan would be acquitted for lack of evidence , but it was a view that few held by the time it was finished . |
| 2 | Fire officers have said they believe the blaze , which gutted the flat , was already well alight by the time it was noticed . |
| 3 | They 're all gone by the time you get into work and they ai n't back by time you go home . |
| 4 | And because many railway stations are built on the edge of town , the Lucas bus could drop passengers in the centre just the sort of vehicle that could be useful on branch lines — if there are any left by the time its development is complete . |
| 5 | The hag-faced look of the very young mellows by the time the chicks are about six weeks old . |