Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nigel felt they were close for a few moments before the customary iciness set in . |
| 2 | It was a few moments before an answer occurred to him . |
| 3 | A few moments before he died he rubbed his cheek against our hands desperate for our touch , like a kitten or a very young baby ; in the next he was once again the brave young fighter pilot , and , in a curiously jaunty gesture he put his thumbs up , as though telling control tower he was ready now for take off . |
| 4 | ‘ I still ca n't work out how they got away with it because I 'd only left it outside the tent for a few moments before it vanished . |
| 5 | Innumerable country spires turn bronze amid newly ploughed fields of copper , just for a few moments before the ball disappears . |
| 6 | He sat in the driver 's seat to get the feel for a few moments before he started it up . |
| 7 | They took breath for a few moments before they emerged , after the third volley , to finish what they had begun , the Welsh swordsmen boiling out of the bushes joyously on their heels . |
| 8 | She thought carefully for a few moments before she said , ‘ Silas — are n't you being unreasonable and somewhat unfair to both yourself and to Doreen ? ’ |
| 9 | We then had quite a few chances before Norwich scored on a rare break with 11 mins left . |
| 10 | She turned to march away but got only a few inches before she was hauled back . |
| 11 | Some of the refugees had been living in Polish exile for as long as seven weeks , while others arrived only a few hours before West German diplomats announced they could leave . |
| 12 | They can be taken a few hours before sleep is required in the new time zone . |
| 13 | Mr Mekgwe was reportedly last seen in the company of three ANC men a few hours before he was due to give evidence . |
| 14 | It seemed impossible that only a few hours before I had been happy in my cell at the aerodrome . |
| 15 | It 's a few hours before he 's due onstage at the Tower Theater in Houston and Mister C is telling me , in a roundabout way , what his name stands for . |
| 16 | ELVIS PRESLEY 'S last letter , written a few hours before he died , was to an elderly woman he looked on almost as a mother . |
| 17 | Newman recalled briefly his experience at The Nag 's Head a few hours before he ended up in hospital . |
| 18 | He called on me at the apartment a few hours before I left for the airport . |
| 19 | In his mind 's eye he relived their love-making of a few hours before and the picture of Michael lying underneath him as he penetrated him rose in his mind . |
| 20 | It was only a matter of a few hours before the stranger had been slotted into the local kinship network ; and the recognition of kinship was mutual . |
| 21 | It would be a few hours before she could face Marguerite , and no doubt the girl , Marie , would be very quick to tell Alain 's mother that she had seen the Englishwoman wandering into the woods like a lunatic . |
| 22 | Current holder of the European title , Griffin was only passed fit to box by the championship doctor a few hours before the action got under way . |
| 23 | Just a few hours before this programme went to press we spotted a tremendously exciting traditional band at the Lorient Interceltic Festival in Brittany and invited them to join us tonight . |
| 24 | You get the feeling that this is a film made as a gift from the writers to Brando , who probably fancied the idea of a few laughs before it 's too late . |
| 25 | You get the feeling that this is a film made as a gift from the writers to Brando , who probably fancied the idea of a few laughs before it 's too late . |
| 26 | Professor St John Goth heard a door a few minutes before he last looked at his watch at twelve-forty-five . |
| 27 | It took a few minutes before his eyes had adjusted to semi-darkness and the great sweep of the headland became visible , its shapes and forms mysteriously altered under the high stars . |
| 28 | ‘ Can I … you know , can I have a few minutes before we go ? , |
| 29 | Rather unfairly , as he had been very nice that morning , it was a few minutes before I remembered there was a third guest present . |
| 30 | 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 . |