Example sentences of "[adj] by [art] time they " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ These , ’ I cried , ‘ are inhabited by horned pygmies who move in herds , and who are old by the time they are seven ! ’ |
| 2 | Libby 's jersey felt rough on her arms after the bareness of summer , they wore wellington boots , not sandals , and the black rubber glistened with damp by the time they had crossed the field , disturbing the sleeping cows . |
| 3 | It was almost dark by the time they got on the motorway . |
| 4 | It was dark by the time they had finished . |
| 5 | It was nearly dark by the time they reached the hut . |
| 6 | So the fringe players such as Preston , Ellis , Bachop , Cooksley and Dowd might have a very quiet tour of Australia , and thus not be march-hardened by the time they move into the five-match tour of South Africa . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Of course , even within the stated parameters , comprehensiveness is an impossible goal , because some publications escape the net , or are listed so late that they have gone out of print or are out-of-date by the time they appear . |
| 9 | Further along the village another house used to be the ‘ cookhouse ’ and game room for them — the meals must have been cold by the time they arrived at the table of Londesborough Lodge ! |
| 10 | It was too late by the time they wondered about him coming up again . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | For example , do n't choose a raw silk with large slabs , or a handmade paper containing big flecks , as they will look enormous by the time they are enclosed in a tiny frame and will ruin the proportions of the picture . |
| 14 | Systemic poisons will not stop the bees from taking a building brick , but they will be feeling pretty queer by the time they want to come back for more . |
| 15 | If separate bags of nuts , bran , oats and sugar beet for instance are used , all will be stale by the time they are finished . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | some reason it has n't accepted it and Brian says it 's probably cos me wages have n't gone in yet , the bank they ca n't be empty , so he 's hoping to get that by the time they took it out he 's money at the end , it 's embarrassing enough , so , he 's telling me , so they had to take the stuff off him |
| 18 | The Government report reveals that in ninteen ninety alone , three and a half thousand birds were dead by the time they 'd arrived in Britain . |
| 19 | Mr Horn called for the resignation of the six men , warning he could be dead by the time they read the letters . |