Example sentences of "[adj] by the time [pron] " 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 | Isaac would have been two or three years old by the time he was weaned . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It was dark by the time we were finished . |
| 5 | It was almost dark by the time they got on the motorway . |
| 6 | It was dark by the time they had finished . |
| 7 | It was nearly dark by the time they reached the hut . |
| 8 | It was dark by the time he had finished with the left side of the road . |
| 9 | It was dark by the time he reached his destination . |
| 10 | It was dark by the time I 'd finished . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He has planned his reunion with her for so long , that it almost ceases to become real by the time it actually occurs . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 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 | I feel quite fit by the time I get back , you know by the time I 've done |
| 16 | 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goal , because some publications escape the net , or are listed so late that they have gone out of print or are out-of-date by the time they appear . |
| 17 | It was perhaps no wonder that his ‘ quiet , nice ’ wife had hair that had gone white by the time she was thirty . |
| 18 | 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 ! |
| 19 | The food was described as tasteless and monotonous , and often cold by the time it reached people housed some distance from the kitchens . |
| 20 | There were still things she wanted to go through , if she was not too tired by the time she got home . |
| 21 | I thought we 'd be too bollocksed by the time we get up there anyway . |
| 22 | He was unconscious by the time he arrived at hospital in Sanford and remained in a coma until he died . |
| 23 | She was unconscious by the time I reached her , ’ she said . |
| 24 | It was late by the time we had finished chatting and they cycled off to find somewhere to pitch their tent . |
| 25 | It was late by the time we got to the village , and we were surprised to see lights on at the pub , and people running in and out . |
| 26 | You know I always we shall be too late by the time we get out |
| 27 | It was too late by the time they wondered about him coming up again . ’ |
| 28 | It 'll be too late by the time I make them understand . |
| 29 | It was exceedingly late by the time he got back to the mansion block . |
| 30 | I ca n't leave this and we 'll all be starving by the time we reach temperature . ’ |