Example sentences of "but by [det] time he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speelman had to give up his queen to avoid being mated , but by that time he had so many pieces for it that he was still able to draw comfortably . |
| 2 | He was finally given a pension , but by that time he was old , he was half paralysed , and he was nearly blind , and he died in eighteen thirty-six , only six years after he 'd received this recognition and this pension . |
| 3 | Lenin 's attitude , in so far as it is discernible , will be looked at in a moment , but by this time he was more cut off through illness from daily supervision of affairs . |
| 4 | He then served as curate at St Ignatius , Ossett and St Nicholas , Gipton , but by this time he was becoming increasingly involved in additional administrative tasks . |
| 5 | But by this time he realised that the best opportunities came to those who kept their feet on the ground — not their heads in the clouds . |
| 6 | The firm of Beckinton , Wilson & Co. , iron merchants , was dissolved in 1836 , but by this time he was investing in a fleet of sailing ships to carry his own cargoes . |