Example sentences of "[vb pp] only [art] few [noun pl] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think that the young painters are more intelligent than the others , the old ones can see in me only a disastrous rival ’ , he said to his son in a letter written only a few days before his death . |
| 2 | The students were freed only a few months before the end of their sentences , but the move is clearly intended to polish up China 's image abroad . |
| 3 | Henry had died only a few weeks before William and this , so far as Tancred was concerned , meant that the arrangement was void . |
| 4 | Some British officers had been sent to help the Madeirans with their resistance , but they had arrived only a few days before the Portuguese troops landed and had not had time to organize . |
| 5 | Doors normally open half an hour before a concert or performance of a play but , when there are two evening performances , spectators may be admitted only a few minutes before the second performance . |