Example sentences of "[vb past] and by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | April came and by the end of it I felt exceedingly well . |
| 2 | He went past the bo , my brother wanted dropped off , it was a one way street he went the way down came back up and parked and by the time he come up and parked it was thirty P extra ! |
| 3 | The french windows of the living-room stood open while they ate and by the time they reached the coffee stage darkness had closed over the hills across the water . |
| 4 | She was singing on stage when we arrived and by the time I had reached my seat I said to the man who was with me , this is the Salome I have been looking for . |
| 5 | Lydia was also faintly disgusted by tears , by the weakness they evinced and by the viscosity of their substance . |
| 6 | Several thousands went and by the autumn , six months later , when they were allowed to return to their pillaged homes , almost half had died , of disease and malnutrition . |
| 7 | Courage and hope emerged and by the time the web was finished , the bread broken and shared , people were smiling and charged with energy . |
| 8 | Erm it 's tha then getting towards and she 's gone down and done the horses he sh he said it 's then getting to Harriet 's bed time so she baths her all sorts her out and he said well she does work hard , he said and by the end of that she she wo n't be able to do anything else ! |
| 9 | He had taken a longer walk than he intended and by the time he returned to the coast road at Newlyn it was quite dark . |