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Grammar

By the time

Is the following sentence grammatically correct?

By the time I arrived in New York, I had been driving for more than 10 hours.

By the time I arrived in New York, he was eating dinner with his girlfriend.

By the time I saw him again, he was alredy in love with another woman.

By the time I saw him again, he had already fallen in love with another woman.
  

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By the time I arrived in New York, I had been driving for more than 10 hours. When I arrived in New York, he was eating dinner with his girlfriend. When I saw him again, he was already in love with another woman.

  • By the time I arrived in New York, I had been driving for more than 10 hours.
  • When I arrived in New York, he was eating dinner with his girlfriend.
  • When I saw him again, he was already in love with another woman.
  • By the time I saw him again, he had already fallen in love with another woman.
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By the time I arrived in New York, I had been driving for more than 10 hours.

When I arrived in New York, he was eating dinner with his girlfriend.

When I saw him again, he was already in love with another woman.

By the time I saw him again, he had already fallen in love with another woman.

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