Example sentences of "[adj] and by the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within 20 years the instrument will be brown and by the time it is 200 years old it will be virtually black . ’ |
| 2 | And I was half and half and by the time I you know , to come down to answer it mum , they 'd gone . |
| 3 | The ten plough lands reduced to six and by the time of Domesday they had been reduced to two and a half and Pannage for hogs reduced to wood for five hogs . |
| 4 | ‘ I also had four days to be nervous and by the time the big day arrived I was all nervoused out . |
| 5 | He sank into the waiting limo unshaven , crumpled , white-faced , nervous , shattered and by the time he got to the posh Beverly Hills Hotel , in need of the complimentary bottle of Scotch a thoughtful management had left in his room . |
| 6 | They were confronted , by contrast , by Prime Ministers of the calibre of Pitt the Younger and by the time Victoria ascended the throne executive power had effectively shifted away from the throne and into the Cabinet room . |
| 7 | ‘ It was absolutely freezing and by the time we got the fish to the deeper water the carp sacks were frozen , ’ added Ian who also broke two landing nets during the rescue . |
| 8 | The Socialist Workers ' formation heckle team numbered about five and by the time the egg-throwers had been apprehended , they were down to three . |
| 9 | The day was extremely hot and by the time Asik reached the river it was already very busy . |
| 10 | The company was formed on Albert Hill in 1864 and by the time it closed in 1879 it had been responsible for 40 bridges in Denmark , 20 bridges in Sweden all built in 1874 , all the viaducts on the Whitby-RedcarMiddlesbrough line including the Staithes Viaduct , Llandudno pier , a bridge in Syria , another over the Tay in Scotland and a footbridge over the Tees at Barnard Castle . |
| 11 | She started work at 14 and by the time she found herself at Vons she 'd held a variety of jobs . |
| 12 | We did n't want to sell the house , but we 're both in our sixties and by the time the work is completed we 'll be in our seventies so we just have to bail out now . |
| 13 | Work commenced in 1723 and by the time Pehr Kalm saw it , over twenty years later , a large collection of trees had become well established . |
| 14 | She had n't got free until nearly seven and by the time she had negotiated the traffic and turned towards her flat it was eight o'clock . |
| 15 | The first true Ferrari was seen at Piacenza in 1947 and by the time the World Championship was introduced in 1950 , Ferraris were soon gaining a reputation for being a reliable car . |