Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun pl] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mercifully the traffic progresses for fifty yards before it stalls again , and the Rasta does not pursue her further , but Robyn keeps a nervous eye on her rear-view mirror . |
| 2 | Long standing prisoners of conscience Vera and the late Orton Chirwa , who had received no visitors for eight years before the delegation met them . |
| 3 | The Chirwas had not seen each other for eight years before our delegation saw them together . |
| 4 | The latter set up his artillery in the Broyle and bombarded the defendants for eight days before resistance collapsed . |
| 5 | You 're through fifty pounds before you can blink an eyelid . |
| 6 | The manufacturers recognised that the camcorders would not catch on unless they adopted a common format allowing video enthusiasts to record and play back tapes on different models of machine , The standard the companies agreed is flexible in that it leaves room for technical developments before the camcorders go on sale , but is tight enough to ensure that all camcorders will eventually be compatible . |
| 7 | It denied that it represented a danger to the public , insisting that it would have to pressed to the skin for 30 hours before the dose limit was reached . |
| 8 | It is recommended that LIFESPAN facilities are made unavailable for 30 minutes before a LIFESPAN shut down so that any outstanding transactions may be given sufficient time to complete . |
| 9 | Black people are now moving back to the People 's National Movement , which ruled for 30 years before Mr Robinson came to power . |
| 10 | Most conductors of my generation have to go through different experiences before we understand that it 's not the main thing in the world to conduct all American orchestras . |
| 11 | Inhaled β 2 agonists and drinks containing caffeine were withheld for 12 hours before each study . |
| 12 | The plaintiffs claim that the defendant did not succeed to the secure tenancy of 336 , Stocksfield Road because he had not resided at 336 , Stocksfield Road for 12 months before his brother died . |
| 13 | I 'd been paying tax and national insurance for 12 years before I found myself having to make a claim and if I 'd been putting the money in a building society I 'd have had a lot more than I eventually got out of them . ’ |
| 14 | The lack of scalable database technology has so far kept the SMP vendors to a ceiling of around 20 processors for commercial users before performance benefits tail off . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Time to move on , maybe , to search for some answers before the whole thing comes down around my ears . |
| 17 | ‘ He 'd been slumped over the freezer for some minutes before anyone realised anything was wrong , ’ he said . |
| 18 | He realised they had been watching for some minutes before he noticed them . |
| 19 | She had laid siege to the typists ' room for some minutes before Marshall had persuaded her downstairs . |
| 20 | Warner Brothers immediately set in motion its own research programme to explore the feasibility of the idea ; it would run for some months before anyone realised it had been an April Fool and abandoned their research . |
| 21 | The man listened intently at the Pearman 's door for some seconds before he too heard the low and feeble moan from the kitchen . |
| 22 | She did not immediately come back with an answer , but looked at him steadily for some seconds before she said , ‘ That 's why you think you 've got me here for good , is n't it , Father ? |
| 23 | When she looked back at Mick she allowed her gaze to rest on him for some seconds before she answered , ‘ Of course I know who it is . |
| 24 | Her face was on a level with his ; she stared at him for some seconds before she said quietly , ‘ You need n't be concerned that you might have started something ; I 've got no ideas that way . |
| 25 | This suggests that low prostacyclin production may be a consequence of arterial endothelial cell loss or damage and this requires restoration by normalisation of metabolism for some days before prostacyclin production returns to normal ( Harrison et al , 1980 ) . |
| 26 | Sometimes a murder enquiry will have been going on for some days before it emerges that there is a sexual element involved . |
| 27 | Though debt-for-equity swaps represent one way for banks to recover part of their developing country debt exposure , they still stand to lose money and look likely to have to wait for some years before they can cash in their equity stakes . |
| 28 | It was a diamond shape , flown as the Flexi-kite for some years before the patent application was made , and it heralded the concept of a lifting surface with two cones which could be controlled as a parachute or kite . |
| 29 | Parry kicked a penalty after three minutes before Stephens replied for Llanelli . |
| 30 | John Timmons scored for the home side after 19 minutes before Jason Cook equalised just before half-time . |