Meaning of by the time | Babel Free

Definitions

When (some future event has come to pass).

Equivalents

Examples

“I'll be an old man by the time you finish!”

“It was ready by the time he arrived.”

“It had been just finished by the time of his arrival.”

“But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud,[…]. By the time we reached the house we were thanking our stars she had come. Mrs. Cooke came out from under the port-cochere to welcome her.”

“By the time I get to Phoenix she'll be rising. She'll find the note I left hanging on her door.”

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