Example sentences of "it [was/were] [num] [noun] before [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was six minutes before Didcot attacked the visitors goal as Mark O'Hara shot into a crowded goalmouth . |
| 2 | It was six hours before party chiefs denied the report , adding to the impression that Mr Mellor was being undermined by his colleagues . |
| 3 | It was ten years before Uncle Fred really took an interest in me . |
| 4 | A woman posing as a social worker walked off with her and it was 15 days before Alex was found safe at a house in Burford , Oxon . |
| 5 | But it was three days before Lachlan received word that his father would see him . |