Example sentences of "by the time [pers pn] reach the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Night had fallen by the time we reached the centre of Barcelona . |
| 2 | By the time we reached the airfield next morning a tropical storm was raging . |
| 3 | By the time we reached the encore , a stunning ‘ I Know It 's Over ’ , 12 thousand people had been smacked into moronic submission . |
| 4 | There was no sign of this Devil 's Ridge and by the time we reached the summit of Sgor an Iubhair I was imagining a knife edge of rock , hanging above an abyss full of red scaly demons , holding pitch forks and hissing to one another , ‘ She has n't got the security of a rope . ’ |
| 5 | By the time we reached the car , Canisp had disappeared amidst the storm . |
| 6 | By the time we reached the Ava Bridge it had stopped raining and having got across , we just lay on the ground and got a few hours ' sleep . |
| 7 | But by the time we reached the foot of the fixed ropes it suddenly changed , with the wind dropping and the snow stopping . |
| 8 | By the time we reached the rock promontory from which the classic view of Wen Zawn is obtained , the mist was slowly being burned away and the sun was rapidly drying out that awesome looking slab . |
| 9 | By the time we reached the testing manoeuvres on pitch four and the wickedly smooth layaways on pitch five , we were staring benightment in the face . |
| 10 | It was nearly daylight by the time we reached the summit . |
| 11 | By the time we reached the volcano 's outer lip it was deafeningly noisy . |
| 12 | By the time we reached the Red Fort we had hit a traffic jam . |
| 13 | The PR lady had thankfully disappeared by the time we reached the Wigmore Street entrance to St Christopher 's Place , which was probably just as well . |
| 14 | By the time we reach the second set of interviews , where the question of retirement was clarified , only a quarter of the grandfathers are remembered as still at work in old age . |
| 15 | By the time we reach the end of the scene we see that this is how it is , for the fulsome praisers of their father put aside their hypocrisy and , left alone with each other , and with us , reveal their true nature , moving down from inflated verse to coldly pragmatic prose : They are not only cold and censorious — ‘ unruly waywardness … infirm and choleric years … unconstant starts ’ — but end by planning some form of counteraction : ‘ We shall further think on it ’ — ‘ We must do something , and i ’ th' heat' ( 307f . ) . |
| 16 | By the time we reach the mid-twenties a distinct and enduring pattern will have developed and that pattern will last for many years . |
| 17 | Because , by the time we reach the house where the twins are staying , I expect you to be in a friendly , pleasant state of mind . |
| 18 | By the time they reached the third floor they were both out of breath . |
| 19 | By the time they reached the railway station , Dot realized she must have had time to get herself straight inside , for she seemed almost cheery again . |
| 20 | No matter how fast they travelled , the corridor never seemed to get any shorter and Endill thought he would be an old man by the time they reached the other end . |
| 21 | By the time they reached the catamaran Trent would have wagered the charter fee on one guess at the man 's profession . |
| 22 | By the time they reached The Royal Albert Hall , they were both exhausted and exhilarated . |
| 23 | While some of the fight had clearly faded from his team-mates by the time they reached the Oval , battling Smith was more single-minded than ever . |
| 24 | By the time they reached the curry , which was accompanied by a whole battery of poppadoms , chutneys and relishes , it was hardly surprising that the Nabob 's resistance had almost given out . |
| 25 | By the time they reached the hospital , it was all over . |
| 26 | There the grass was almost chest-high , and by the time they reached the far side of the plain the clothes of all of them were drenched in perspiration . |
| 27 | By the time they reached the outskirts of Portsmouth the rain had practically stopped , but the sky was still slate grey and threatening . |
| 28 | By the time they reached the bandstand he was even more enthused with the charms of Miss Dawson . |
| 29 | By the time they reached the coffee stage it had become clear that he was doing his best to pump her , though she hoped he had not yet realised how little result he was getting , or how assiduously she was trying , in her turn , to find out more about him . |
| 30 | It was growing dark by the time they reached the narrow boat . |