Example sentences of "for a [adj] time before [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You must have been in full-time employment for a fixed time before you can claim ? |
| 2 | We were playing for a long time before we ever had a deal , and when we eventually got signed by a big company , they pretty much took us for what we were . |
| 3 | Still peering from the corner of his eye , Frankie stared at her breasts for a long time before he realized with a jolt that she was observing him through the mirror . |
| 4 | Soapy moved on , but he walked for a long time before he tried again . |
| 5 | He was screaming for a long time before he fell , and we could hear that he was running as he screamed . |
| 6 | I went out with Anne for a long time before she decided to marry Alfred , or he decided to marry her . |
| 7 | He had been watching her for a long time before she realised he was awake . |
| 8 | But she , you know , it was built for a long time before she got anything in it . |
| 9 | For our purposes what matters is that RNA , or something like it , was around for a long time before it became self-replicating . |
| 10 | A discrete block of land may have been in existence for a long time before it was first described in a written document . |
| 11 | ‘ Was n't I the best prospect Bermondsey 'ad for a long time before I got me wound ? ’ he asked . |
| 12 | I hesitated for a long time before I began my experiment . |
| 13 | Thought for a long time before I hit on that . |
| 14 | We have to view a stimulus for a finite time before it generates a perception , but that perception appears to us to occur instantaneously rather than fading into view like the Cheshire cat . ) |
| 15 | When his bastard turned out to be studious , the boy was accepted into the English bachelor 's house for a short time before he was shipped off to prep school and public school in his father 's country . |