Example sentences of "then by the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if such a divinity was near , he prayed that the songs had it wrong , because sweet as tales of Nativity were , time was short , and if hope was only a babe tonight then by the time it had reached redeeming age the worlds it had come to save would be dead . |
| 2 | Females can grow to six inches or more , so I do not rule out the fishes being female , but if you had had both sexes , then by the time one was six inches the size differential should have shown up . |
| 3 | And then by the time |
| 4 | Well , to tell you the truth , your boys asked me when had I last seen my father alive and I said Friday instinctively , and then by the time I 'd realized my mistake , it was all written down , and , you know , I thought if I changed it , that 'd only create trouble . ’ |
| 5 | Er and the only reason that I thought they may have been favourable , would have been based on the principle of fair play , but then erm when you think of er companies who are making profits from year to year which were in excess of the previous years , then by the time three years expired , our members could have been in a loss situation , if indeed they had n't gone forward and argued the case at domestic level . |
| 6 | Then by the time he 's born , you 'll be a new man , is n't that right ? ’ |
| 7 | Okay , and then by the time you 've done that it 'll be time to go back to the start |
| 8 | But then by the time they were fin he retired and they were finishing they were ta they were taking about less than half the time . |
| 9 | Well I thought if I have a walk over there at two then by the time I get back it 'll be time to go and get Christopher wo n't it ? |
| 10 | He said well from my point of view anyway at least he said just disregard that completely he said and we will do it on what you earnt , so he said all I can is erm just put in as many hours as you can to get your wages up on that side erm and then by the time we look at that he said , the end of February obviously you 'll have December , January and February which will be good months there , I said yeah so he said well then you know erm a hundred pound here and a hundred pound here he said , it all helps to keep the figure up for you so he s |
| 11 | side then by the time you 've walked round |
| 12 | And er then by the time they actually came I just felt awful . |
| 13 | George if you 've got any food then we 'll , we 'll put it on or whatever is happening then , then then by the time I get something to eat |
| 14 | And then by the time you get round in cleaning the inside , the outsides dirty . |