by the time

By the time we arrived , the other guests were already there .

我们到的时候，其他客人都已经在那儿了。

By the time I got to the office , most of the cars had filled up and driven off .

我到的时候，多数车已经加好油，开走了。

By the time you get there the meeting will be over .

等你到了那里的时候，会议就该结束了。

By the time I arrived on the scene , it was all over .

我来到现场时，一切都已结束。

By the time this gets into print , they 'll already have left the country .

这篇东西发表的时候，他们将已经离开这个国家了。

She was tired and out of sorts by the time she arrived home .

她回到家里，又累又烦。

By the time we arrived , someone had grabbed all the good seats .

我们到达时，所有的好位子都给人占了。

Her singing career was all washed up by the time she was 27 .

她到27岁时歌唱生涯就告终了。

By the time he 'd fixed the leak , I was into him for $ 500 .

他补好漏洞时，我就该付给他500元。

It was dark by the time she got home .

她回到家时天已经黑了。

By the time I get home , I 'm too tired to do anything active

我到家时累得无法动弹。

Denise hopes to be back at work by the time her daughter is one

丹尼丝希望等女儿满周岁就回去工作。

By the time he died , he was a millionaire .

到他去世的时候，他已经是一位百万富翁了。

By the time we had made landfall the boat looked ten years older !

等到我们登陆时，这艘船看似已老了10年！

By the time he 's twenty he 'll know everyone worth knowing in Washington .

到20岁时，他就会认识华盛顿所有值得认识的人。

It was well after midnight by the time Anne returned to her apartment

安妮回到寓所的时候早就过了午夜。

She had slipped into a coma by the time she reached hospital .

到医院时，她已陷入昏迷。

By the time we got back from dinner , Nona was already in bed

我们吃完饭回来时，诺娜已经睡下了。

London was an hour away and by the time I arrived the operation had already been performed .

伦敦离这里有1小时路程，当我赶到时，手术已经完成了。

By the time the tests took place , the athletes had had a full 17 hours notice .

到检测开始时，离运动员得到通知已经整整17个小时了。

By the time she was fifteen Maria was already running after men twice her age .

玛丽亚15岁的时候就已经在追求年龄比自己大一倍的男人了。

Often by the time they do accept the truth they are past being able to put words to feelings .

往往等他们真正接受事实时，他们已无法用语言形容自己的感情了。

You were a total failure if you hadn 't married by the time you were about twenty-three

如果到了23岁左右还没结婚，你就是个彻底的失败者。

She was already a famous model and pin-up by the time she made her film debut .

步入影坛时，她已是名模和海报女郎了。

His ideas should be more advanced by the time the Committee meets in Edinburgh in October .

到委员会10月份在爱丁堡开会时，他的观点应该更为成熟了。

Scott was obviously inebriated by the time the dessert was served .

到了上甜点的时候，斯科特显然已经喝醉了。

By the time I was Vice Chancellor , Senate had become a much larger and a much more democratic body

到了我当校长的时候，大学评议会的人员规模已显著扩大，也变得更加民主了。

The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn .

他们绕过合恩角时，暴风雨已经减弱。

By the time she 'd twigged what it was all about it was too late .

等到她把一切都想通时，已为时太晚。

By the time ambulancemen arrived he was unconscious

救护人员到达时他已经不省人事了。