Example sentences of "but by [art] time the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was diverted during coffee by a thumb nail sketch of that fruitless expedition , but by the time the sommelier had visited the table with Cognac a second time , he was back to the great danger of ennui in the BEF , and 2nd Grenadiers ’ seven months in France spent cultivating a defensive mentality which could well be disastrous if hostilities ever broke out . |
| 2 | But by the time the Israelites first passed that way , towards , probably , the end of the thirteenth century BCE , that tower , now exposed to view by the archaeologist 's shovel , would have been hidden deep beneath the ground , buried beneath layer after layer of the remains of a series of settlements . |
| 3 | But by the time the decree came through , Herbert had discovered that no place was available at Summerhill . |
| 4 | But by the time the scheme goes into year-round service , in 1985 , computers will cut the time-lag down to just four hours . |
| 5 | This , incidentally , was something of a retreat by Bukharin from his stance of 1920 , but by the time the present text was written he was being far more cautious ; the exuberance of ‘ war communism ’ had run its course . |
| 6 | Hick has a classic stance , but by the time the bowler has reached the crease he has come up into the familiar upright position with the bat raised . |
| 7 | To import a light aircraft from the USA may not be overly difficult , but by the time the cost of the U.S. Export Certificate , British C of A , CAA registration and inspection and ferrying are added up , there is probably little change out of £6,000 . |
| 8 | ‘ Siddy 's ’ fiancée , Beth , would cut and set her hair for her in the late ‘ twenties , but by the time the couple married in June , 1930 , Granny was very near the end . |
| 9 | Trainer John Hills had high hopes of winning the Ebor with Castoret , but by the time the horse got clear the race was over . |
| 10 | Nobody knows exactly how many people were responsible for input , but by the time the dummy was finished more than two hundred had played a part one way or another . |
| 11 | It 's loud , certainly , but by the time the third track , ‘ Earth Mofo ’ , kicks into gear the pattern of stodgy , leaden and downright lazy arrangements has already been well-established . |
| 12 | But by the time the delegation set out for Paris , the French Draft Constitution had already been rejected — and with it the principle of free consent on which the French Union was to be based — and while he was still en route to France Ho learned that a Provisional Government of Cochinchina had been announced . |
| 13 | Obviously , the flavour which whisky gives to a sauce differs from that produced by cognac , armagnac or Calvados ; certainly the aromas coming from the pot while the whisky is cooking are also very different ; but by the time the alcohol has been burned and cooked away I wonder how many people would spot what precisely the difference is . |
| 14 | But by the time the DTI and other City institutions wake up to the severity of Norton 's plight , will there by anything left that 's worth saving ? |
| 15 | No attempt at organised march was made whatsoever , but by the time the Croats , both soldiers and civilians , had passed the road junction … leading to Bleiburg , they had been stripped of everything they possessed , including animals , carts , bicycles , food and personal belongings etc . |
| 16 | Further attempts at negotiation failed but by the time the dragoons appeared , the crowd had unaccountably melted away . |
| 17 | But by the time the menservants had crossed the meadow Mokosh , still disguised as a moorhen , had led Neva straight to the clump of yellow flag , and there shining below the leaves , lay the princess 's keys . |
| 18 | Therefore , this could well be a month of highly charged meetings and discussions with relatives , close companions and colleagues , but by the time the Sun enters your opposite sign of Taurus on the 20th you should be a free agent . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The vegetables took longer than she had expected , but by the time the table had been set they felt reasonably cooked . |
| 22 | At emission the lamp is at one height , but by the time the light reaches the other wall the capsule has fallen a little . |
| 23 | But by the time the policeman had slipped the imposing piece of plastic back into its place and handed the wallet over with a ponderous , ‘ That seems to be in order , sir , ’ she had accepted the truth . |
| 24 | It was perhaps less a prayer than a wish , in its final form ; but by the time the Queen went to bed that evening , it looked almost as if she had been heard . |
| 25 | We went through the motions and pulled him in , of course , but by the time the magistrate spoke to him Mayer had changed his mind . |
| 26 | His original intention had been to convert it into a school for Reich SS leaders , but by the time the architects and builders had finished and many millions of marks had been spent , he had created a Gothic monstrosity worthy of stage six at MGM , a vast film set of the kind Hollywood was fond of when historical pictures were the vogue . |
| 27 | But by the time the police had secured the exemption and got back to the brothel , the keeper would have changed his nationality and they would have to start all over again . |
| 28 | But by the time the rest of the staff arrived she had done no work , had just sat staring blankly into space . |
| 29 | But by the time the dancing stopped in the early hours of Sunday , ninety-six arrests had been made — sixty-five for the possession of illegal drugs , twenty-six for supplying or intending to supply them . |