Example sentences of "[adj] time before [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He did this a few times before he realised the result would always be the same . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I only saw Stephen a few times before I went back to prison . |
| 5 | But I think I should ring a few times before I would arrange to meet him . |
| 6 | You may need to carry out the above exercises a few times before you get any results . |
| 7 | You 'll read that sort of round and round a few times before you get it straight in your head what 's |
| 8 | After THAT book comes THIS film Madonna again getting her kit off , this time before she was famous . |
| 9 | The trade gap looks appalling and it may take some time before we see a significant drop in consumer spending . |
| 10 | As I 'm sure you 'll understand , when I first came to see this awful situation I was consumed with a feeling of frustration — knowing , as I did then , that it could be some time before we 'd be in a position to intervene . |
| 11 | THE hype began some time before we met . |
| 12 | It was some time before we retrieved them and went into the piggery . |
| 13 | said it was likely to be some time before we know Government 's position on our future . |
| 14 | If I were to bring in everybody else within the United Kingdom , it might be some time before we foregathered . |
| 15 | It will be some time before we can finalise sales , ’ said Mr Preece . |
| 16 | Even if it may be some time before they are commercially acceptable , pioneer work is essential if our planet is to feed the teeming millions of people who will live on it by the twenty-first century . |
| 17 | The way the Minogue sisters are likely to carry on working , it could be some time before they get the chance of another shopping trip . |
| 18 | It was some time before they had Liam fit to drive the cart home . |
| 19 | That was still untended and wild ; the house had been empty for some time before they bought it , or rather Mr Paul had . |
| 20 | Science was being taught in public schools and in grammar schools , and there were courses in universities , which in Britain began at about this time to catch on — this was the era when the great municipal universities started to flourish , though it was to be some time before they received government grants . |
| 21 | ‘ They had known each other for some time before they married , though , had n't they ? ’ ventured Greg . |
| 22 | It is unlikely that , given the current level of resources , both financial and human , the Council would be in a position to initiate central development of these courses in the near future , and it would therefore be some time before they would be incorporated into the new style provision . |
| 23 | Equally , it is possible for goods to be delivered to the buyer some time before they become his property . |
| 24 | Car and bodies had been so badly charred that it was some time before they could be identified . |
| 25 | By its very nature , when delivered , bespoke software often contains errors and it may be some time before they can all be traced and corrected . |
| 26 | They had heard it some time before they reached it , the rumble of thunder growing louder as they approached , to become almost deafening at the point where a cloud of spray hovered overhead , the droplets becoming tiny rainbows as they caught the sun . |
| 27 | Paige found her appetite quickly satisfied , and knew that it would be some time before they would be eating normally again . |
| 28 | It was some time before they were able to leave the hospital , and they went straight to Jack 's barn . |
| 29 | So it will be some time before they 've sorted out all the flowers and shrubs destined for a new home . |
| 30 | With their team on the verge of relegation and Boro pushing for promotion , the Argyle fans savoured their beer , contemplating the prospect that it may be some time before they drink in the Tap ‘ n ’ Barrel again . |