Example sentences of "be closed [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last of the mines had been closed around the time of Tace 's birth and the entrances to the shafts had been closed or blocked by rockfalls . |
| 2 | Penelope thought it wiser not to point out that the Stores would certainly be closed by the time she got there , but felt she had done enough in showing her which bus to take . |
| 3 | ‘ The gates of the city will be closed by the time we arrive , and wo n't be opened until morning . |
| 4 | Is he aware that only last week there was another incident of water pollution where a known carcinogen , formaldehyde , was tipped into the river and only fortuitously the company 's intakes were closed at the time ? |
| 5 | The door was closed at the time . |