Example sentences of "for [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 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Black people are now moving back to the People 's National Movement , which ruled for 30 years before Mr Robinson came to power . |
| 9 | Inhaled β 2 agonists and drinks containing caffeine were withheld for 12 hours before each study . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Time to move on , maybe , to search for some answers before the whole thing comes down around my ears . |
| 14 | ‘ He 'd been slumped over the freezer for some minutes before anyone realised anything was wrong , ’ he said . |
| 15 | He realised they had been watching for some minutes before he noticed them . |
| 16 | She had laid siege to the typists ' room for some minutes before Marshall had persuaded her downstairs . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The man listened intently at the Pearman 's door for some seconds before he too heard the low and feeble moan from the kitchen . |
| 19 | 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 ? |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 ) . |
| 23 | Sometimes a murder enquiry will have been going on for some days before it emerges that there is a sexual element involved . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Numerous bull songs were written and ‘ at the public-houses and at other convivial assemblies in the town for six weeks before and six weeks after the Taurine festival it was customary for men to sing the glories of the sport ’ ( G. H. Burton ) . |
| 27 | Ideally , you should pick clean , dry and perfect specimens and then control your impatience by leaving them undisturbed for six weeks before you discover how well they are pressing . |
| 28 | The trouble was that after they were born , children had to wait for six years before they could be sent to school and forgotten for most of the day . |
| 29 | We were here for six days before the camels arrived , but were reassured by hearing news of them from some of the many pilgrims who passed through our camp on their way to a famous shrine of Sheikh Husain ; all carried peeled , forked wands as an emblem of their pilgrimage . |
| 30 | Mr Probyn is being questioned about the death of his wife , Tanya , who was 28 , and who 'd been missing for six days before her body was found in her car in the River Severn . |