Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] before [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fred Goodyear was so shocked that it was more than eight hours before he raised the alarm . |
| 2 | Liza Alther 's bestselling novel Kinflicks was rejected at least fifty times before it found a home , but when it did it earned her enough money to enable her to devote herself full-time to writing . |
| 3 | The decision to hold the elections eight months before they were constitutionally due increased speculation that the aged President was preparing to transfer power to his son . |
| 4 | It was eight months before he struck again . |
| 5 | Eight months before he had fought as an independent against an official Conservative at a bye-election in the Abbey division of Westminster . |
| 6 | He saw the announcement as presumptuous , with Lineker clearly implying he would be in England 's squad eight months before it was announced . |
| 7 | However thirty-six hours before she died she telephoned for some of us to visit ; she knew we had all been worried and concerned but she had it all under control . |
| 8 | Besides , the magazine reported that almost unbelievably , the government had stopped advance copies of scientific annual reports being issued to weekly journals because London 's evening newspaper , The Standard , had printed ( heinous ! dastardly ! ) details of awards to Falkland troops as much as 12 hours before they were officially released . |
| 9 | He realised they had been watching for some minutes before he noticed them . |
| 10 | For example , patients waiting in an out-patient department knowing that it will be 30 minutes before they are seen may be happier than those who wait half as long , not knowing how long the wait will be . |
| 11 | He did this a few times before he realised the result would always be the same . |
| 12 | Hector McDarroch , on the other band , seemed to take a pleasure in showing off his grisly implements , filling the long-needled syringe right in front of my eyes and squirting the cocaine ceilingwards a few times before he started on me . |
| 13 | I only saw Stephen a few times before I went back to prison . |
| 14 | But I think I should ring a few times before I would arrange to meet him . |
| 15 | You may need to carry out the above exercises a few times before you get any results . |
| 16 | You 'll read that sort of round and round a few times before you get it straight in your head what 's |
| 17 | It was forty-five minutes before he returned . |
| 18 | The pigs the mariners left on the islands probably looked at lot like the ancestral wild boars , and certainly when pink pigs go wild , it 's only a few generations before they 're muscular , nimble and fierce again . |
| 19 | When domestic pigs go feral , it 's only a few generations before they start to look like the ancestral Eurasian wild boar . |
| 20 | Every jumper goes through rigorous checks before they take the plunge , including a weigh-in to make sure they have the correct elastic rope for their size . |
| 21 | When she arrived back , a little late and with only about forty minutes before she should go down to dinner , she found a small packet on her dressing-table . |
| 22 | Aye , we 'll just have a wee few minutes before we set them up . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Can I … you know , can I have a few minutes before we go ? , |
| 24 | A few minutes before we were all due on the first tee a tall and sturdy figure , crowned with a near-bald , sun-tanned head , appeared through the crowd . |
| 25 | It was only a few minutes before we decided on the Bell . |
| 26 | Professor St John Goth heard a door a few minutes before he last looked at his watch at twelve-forty-five . |
| 27 | He informs his head of security only a few minutes before he wants to go somewhere , not trusting even him . |
| 28 | Rather unfairly , as he had been very nice that morning , it was a few minutes before I remembered there was a third guest present . |
| 29 | She considered the question for a few minutes before she replied , ‘ Barbados takes a bit of getting used to , but its good points far outweigh the bad . |
| 30 | Fran murmured her thanks as the woman collected the dog and went on her way , but it was a few minutes before she followed her . |