Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | And none of the Sicilian tyrants before Agathokles ( end of the fourth century ; he was also the first Sicilian to call himself basileus , king ) put his own name on his coinage — contrast the HIΠ-issue of Hippias of Athens ( B. V. Head ( 1911 ) Historia numorum , Oxford , edn 2 , p. 377 ) , admittedly a coinage struck in exile at Sigeion , c.500 BC , but one which shows that the idea of a coin with an individual 's name on it was at least thinkable that early . |
| 2 | In the latter group the picture was very similar , a replacement rate of one in the generation following the Black Death , below one in the sixty years before 1437 , and rising above it between then and the end of the century ( 104 , p.204 ) . |
| 3 | If you have a problem with a friend , partner , child , colleague or neighbour , try meeting them on the inner planes before discussing the issue with them in person : |
| 4 | Dora glared after him for a few seconds before turning away and striding across the garden towards the orchard . |
| 5 | Elaine watched her for a few minutes before paddling further into the shore , lying on the soft , creamy sand , letting the shallow water caress her feet and legs . |
| 6 | Those who have a real interest will leave it for a few years before attempting training . |
| 7 | Lisa struck a pose of melodramatic fervour and held it for a few seconds before slumping back in her seat . |
| 8 | It goes without saying that he did not serve scrambled eggs with smoked haddock , he cooked the haddock first , flaked it , and mixed it with the beaten eggs before cooking them . |
| 9 | ‘ Teach me to live , that I may dread/The grave as little as my bed ’ , he had written ; in this spirit he carried his shroud in a portmanteau and put it on a few days before his death at Longleat in 1711 , which his friends considered to have been advanced by his fasting and mortifications . |
| 10 | About fifteen years ago , we had a Nigerian girl living with us for a few months before her marriage , and she was married from our house . |