Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] by the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He once caught a pigeon , but it was mostly sparrows so small that , when he laid them on the embers to cook , they were ready by the time the feathers had singed and were hardly worth even sharing , except with the twins who insisted . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ But your dad was rich by the time you came along , ’ said Constance , ‘ and mine was dead . |
| 4 | He was tall by the time he reached the counter , with that thin , stringy look of a rider and the ching … ching sound of spurs . |
| 5 | It was dark by the time I 'd finished . |
| 6 | It was dark by the time Henry reached home . |
| 7 | It was dark by the time we were finished . |
| 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 they had finished . |
| 11 | It was dark by the time the arriving passengers began to fan out through the town in search of lodgings . |
| 12 | It was dark by the time the Loch Seaforth berthed at Stornoway and I had only a brief glimpse of the rugged Lewis coastline . |
| 13 | The tea was cold by the time that Grace came down . |
| 14 | She was unconscious by the time I reached her , ’ she said . |
| 15 | ‘ But he was unconscious by the time the Pitts died . |
| 16 | He was unconscious by the time he arrived at hospital in Sanford and remained in a coma until he died . |
| 17 | It was late by the time the meal was done and later still when the company rose from the coffee cups in the drawing-room . |
| 18 | It was late by the time we had finished chatting and they cycled off to find somewhere to pitch their tent . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | One who smoked too much , that was evident by the time the car turned on to the autostrada going south towards Siena , its light and siren going although the roads were fairly quiet . |
| 21 | The failure of ambitious projects within the Council was evident by the time of its second session in 1950 . |
| 22 | All in all she managed to add considerably to her feelings of inadequacy as far as Ace was concerned by the time she made her way downstairs towards the kitchen . |
| 23 | Indraugnir was mighty even as dragons measure strength but even he was weary by the time he bore Aenarion to his destination . |
| 24 | No wonder he was weary by the time he walked up to his front door at the end of each day . |
| 25 | For example , a decision after the competing pair of hypotheses so a/sew a would mean that only the path so a was available by the time the competing pair seem/seam was processed . |
| 26 | She was breathless by the time she reached the farm . |
| 27 | it really was chilly by the time I |
| 28 | He got him to hospital and the doctors said that he lived for 70 minutes , but he was dead by the time we got there . |
| 29 | Spectators and Ambulance crews tried to revive her but she was dead by the time she reached hospital … |
| 30 | But none of this was ready by the time the information system had to be despatched , so leaving a considerable residual task for further updating and despatch . |