Example sentences of "[adj] time before [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After THAT book comes THIS film Madonna again getting her kit off , this time before she was famous . |
| 2 | The trade gap looks appalling and it may take some time before we see a significant drop in consumer spending . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | THE hype began some time before we met . |
| 5 | It was some time before we retrieved them and went into the piggery . |
| 6 | said it was likely to be some time before we know Government 's position on our future . |
| 7 | If I were to bring in everybody else within the United Kingdom , it might be some time before we foregathered . |
| 8 | It will be some time before we can finalise sales , ’ said Mr Preece . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It was some time before they had Liam fit to drive the cart home . |
| 12 | That was still untended and wild ; the house had been empty for some time before they bought it , or rather Mr Paul had . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ They had known each other for some time before they married , though , had n't they ? ’ ventured Greg . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Equally , it is possible for goods to be delivered to the buyer some time before they become his property . |
| 17 | Car and bodies had been so badly charred that it was some time before they could be identified . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Paige found her appetite quickly satisfied , and knew that it would be some time before they would be eating normally again . |
| 21 | It was some time before they were able to leave the hospital , and they went straight to Jack 's barn . |
| 22 | So it will be some time before they 've sorted out all the flowers and shrubs destined for a new home . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The school trip was an example of massive disorganized organization : every minute of every day was officially occupied , and Clara wasted some time before she realized that nobody in the whole world would care or even notice whether she attended each event or not . |
| 25 | Sarah soon began to recover , although it was clear that it would be some time before she was completely well again . |
| 26 | She found the trug in the outhouse , not the kitchen , and cleaned it before trotting off towards the rectory , which was quite a long walk from Vetch Street , through a rowdy street market where an organ-grinder and his monkey were performing , and a Punch and Judy man stood on the corner , and Sally-Anne — no longer McAllister now that she was out of the house — for all of her advanced years stood and watched Mr Punch for some time before she guiltily remembered what she was supposed to be doing . |
| 27 | ‘ It 'll be some time before she 's traced and identified anyway . |
| 28 | " Your aunt became interested in selling them some time before she died . |
| 29 | It was some time before she realised that she was n't just wide awake — she was hungry ! |
| 30 | It was some time before she could gather her forces sufficiently to stand up and rest her hands on the chill white plaster of the window embrasure . |