Example sentences of "but by [art] time [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He reappeared in the following year 's repeat win over Aberavon , but by the time Swansea were beaten in 1976 his knee had left him idle again . |
| 2 | But by the time Fokine produced The Firebird he had developed his mimed dance much further . |
| 3 | Fibres had been one of ICI 's big money spinners , but by the time Haslam joined the division nylon was already making a loss and polyester was about to collapse , having been a ‘ jewel in the crown ’ . |
| 4 | Singapore had been under Japanese occupation from 1942 but by the time Bernard reached there it was under the control of the British Military Administration . |
| 5 | But by the time Parasites Of Heaven was written an intensely negative aspect is unveiled : ‘ The nightmares do not suddenly develop happy endings , I merely step out of them . ’ |
| 6 | But by the time strands of sounds of the fair floated up from the park , people were beginning to get home , wash , relax and pick up again . |
| 7 | But by the time Taylor approaches the return tie with Norway on June 2 , England 's participation in the World Cup finals in 1994 is sure to be virtually decided one way or the other . |
| 8 | But by the time Luke replaced the receiver she had an angry idea of what was going to come next . |
| 9 | It was not far from Moira roundabout to Aldergrove , a half an hour or so , but by the time Rory dropped her at her car , Jessica Roberts had made up her mind . |
| 10 | Despite her ordeal the woman could only think of her boyfriend , but by the time police arrived to free him , he had wriggled free and managed to open the boot from the inside . |
| 11 | But by the time crime categories or definitions have been established , the most important foundation stone of ‘ our crime problem ’ has been well and truly buried in cement , beyond the reach of any liberal ‘ scientific ’ shovel . |
| 12 | It is possible to start off with just one or two tags which control the main typographic elements but by the time page numbers , headers , footers , indexes , etc have been added the list can get unwieldy . |
| 13 | Daylight was just around the corner however , but by the time daylight did arrive , although she and her pride were very much certain that she 'd see Vendelin Gajdusek in hell before she ever spoke to him again , certain other practicalities had entered her head . |
| 14 | But by the time Rachel arrived at the factory gates the October sunshine was doing its best to struggle through with more than a promise of a fine day to come . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The two girls were both on night duty and they waited in vain all night , hoping against hope that Steve and his crew had perhaps been forced down somewhere , but by the time dawn came up and there was still no news , they realised he was just another casualty . |
| 17 | True , DF 118 's predilection for improvisation results in one yawn-inducing instrumental howler entitled ‘ Preacher Dub ’ ( foolishly placed at the start of the set ) , and they 're daft enough to return to clichéd ranting on '60 Seconds ’ ; but by the time proceedings close with ‘ Chainsaw ’ , they 're looking like people who could take on more established named and win hands down . |
| 18 | But by the time Eachuinn Odhar 's great lymphad led the other galleys sweeping back in triumph along the Sound of Mull , Ruari and Luch had told the bees that Lachlan Cattanach had a fine bull-voiced boy , named Alan . |
| 19 | Sally was triumphant , but by the time Saturday came she was almost sick with excitement and apprehension . |