“By the time” ifadesi, belirli bir zaman noktasına kadar geçen süreci ifade etmek için kullanılır. İşte bu ifadeyi içeren bazı örnek cümleler:
1. By the time we arrived at the party, most of the guests had already left.
2. By the time she finishes her studies, she will have been in university for seven years.
3. You need to leave now if you want to get to the theater by the time the movie starts.
4. By the time I realized what had happened, it was too late to do anything about it.
5. He promised to clean his room by the time his parents come back home.