Example sentences of "[prep] a [det] [adj] [noun pl] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | He studied the English copy for a few more moments before dropping it into the shredder . |
| 2 | It is a good idea to do this for a few more days before the horse travels . |
| 3 | If you know someone who has just passed a very difficult music exam , for instance , you could celebrate their victory by decorating some of their exam piece with a few pressed flowers before framing it and giving it . |
| 4 | The spread of the habit from a few scattered locations before 1930 to a great many in 1947 was well documented ( Fisher & Hinde , 1949 ; Hinde & Fisher , 1951 ) . |
| 5 | He then appeared in a few Austrian films before fleeing from the Nazis in the late 1930s . |