Example sentences of "[noun sg] but by [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not take long in drinking his tea but by the time he had finished it , he saw that she was no longer at the counter , her place having been taken by another girl . |
| 2 | Technically no one was allowed to leave the city on Passover night but by the time of Jesus there were so many pilgrims in the city that the rule was relaxed to include an area surrounding the city . |
| 3 | A Immediately after it is published is an important time for lobbying the Government but by the time the White Paper appears , the framework for the reforms will largely be set . |
| 4 | I tried a machine to express milk in the hospital but by the time the milk did start to come through she was really used to the bottle . |
| 5 | It was recorded with the original Wedding Present line-up but by the time it was released in February 1988 , Shaun Charman had been replaced by Simon Smith . |
| 6 | An object close to the camera , with a very short out-and-return light-path from flash to film , will be imaged while the sound-pulse is still at the back of the emulsion but by the time light from an object 15 metres away has reached the film , the sound-pulse will have reached its front face . |