Example sentences of "but by [art] time they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four children and their father set off on a bear hunt in high spirits , but by the time they 've forded a river , squelched through mud , survived a snowstorm and a wild wood to penetrate the bear 's dark cave , all they are capable of is running home again , with bear in hot pursuit . |
| 2 | But by the time they both reached her bedroom it was clear that , whatever her first reaction , Mrs Browning was now in a world of her own . |
| 3 | The main force should have got into the town under the cover of a raid by the RAF , but by the time they were at the foot of the escarpment , this was almost over . |
| 4 | But by the time they are met , the poor family has already moved several rungs up the socio-economic ladder and wants a house built with modern materials ; not an improved earthen house . |
| 5 | There were many other primitives to come but by the time they arrived I knew it was just an attempt to revive attention . |
| 6 | But by the time they got to Maidstone that morning , Neil realised that his passenger was unlikely ever again to face any kind of questioning . |
| 7 | But by the time they were back in Hollywood to do interiors at Paramount Studios , she deteriorated and had to be replaced by Elizabeth Taylor . |
| 8 | Their names were taken from Amal 's brother , but by the time they were collected and asked to appear before the police for statements they had taken great pains to prepare their story . |
| 9 | He ran across the road and heard the French shout as they saw him , but by the time they had pulled their triggers , he was already in the shelter of the tall trees . |
| 10 | Thoroughly alarmed by now , Control pondered what to do , but by the time they phoned Colwyn Bay No 1 box , the train was already standing at the platform , and started to move off . |
| 11 | She wore the crown while they sat in the sunshine , eating the cake , but by the time they went home it was already wilting a little . |
| 12 | But by the time they got to the beach , the ship was already out to sea . |
| 13 | But by the time they 're three , the two begin to work together and we introduce strokes . ’ |
| 14 | Velleius Paterculus and the Latin source of the first books of Appian 's Civil War ( for which Emilio Gabba suggested the name of Asinius Pollio ) came nearer to an Italian version of Roman political history , but by the time they wrote the imperialism of the Republic had turned into the bureaucratic Empire of the Caesars : what these historians said could no longer bear fruit . |
| 15 | When this attack came , Jack called an ambulance , but by the time they arrived Dad had come round and was violently opposed to going into hospital . |
| 16 | They went to Laos , Cambodia , but by the time they had arrived in Katmandu Sharp had decided to head on to London . |
| 17 | The journey home was slow because of the laden trailer being hauled behind them , but by the time they arrived she had herself under control . |
| 18 | Police saw him go into a flat in West London but by the time they entered he 'd gone . |
| 19 | but by the time they 've stood for five minutes they are . |