Example sentences of "and [noun sg] by the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Culley 's throat was dry and itchy by the time Ira Sanchez arrived . |
| 2 | Feeling battered in mind and body by the time Laura announced that she felt able to take a break — and how about an early lunch ? — Anita could do no more than give her a dumb nod of agreement . |
| 3 | Consider , for example , Kloppenberg 's assessment of Sidney Webb : ‘ Although he passed through a Comtean phase that permanently altered his perspective from liberal individualism to organic collectivism , he had shed the positivist 's confidence in ultimate certainties as inconsistent with empiricism and democracy by the time he proclaimed himself a socialist in 1886 . ’ |
| 4 | The commons had shown themselves increasingly adept at procuring political concessions in return for grants of taxes , and although they were at their most effective when they enjoyed the support of at least some sections of the nobility , they had gained substantially in experience and cohesion by the time the crisis of 1340–1 arose . |
| 5 | Then , at a release site , it could estimate the latitude by the height of the sun in the sky ( through an estimated arc ) and longitude by the time of day indicated by the sun at the release site relative to the time of day at home indicated by the pigeon 's internal clock . |
| 6 | But it 's true to say that most actors feel their drama school training has left them inadequately prepared for working in television and film by the time they graduate . |