Example sentences of "so before [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that 's why it may be a good ten minutes or so before a man can lift a finger ( if you 'll forgive the phrase ) . |
| 2 | A complication from the government 's point of view was that the Sunday Times had contracted to publish extracts from the diaries and in fact did so before the government sought a gagging injunction . |
| 3 | If they decide they do n't like what she does , they have plenty of time over tea to say so before the painting begins . |
| 4 | And I was chairman of it for about six years or so before the council broke up . |
| 5 | 1.50 Once the 21 days for acceptance have passed or the trial has started the plaintiff can take the money in court only with the defendant 's consent or by order unless the payment in itself was made or increased after the trial started , when he has two days to accept , but must do so before the judge begins to deliver his judgment ( RSC Ord 22 , r5 ; CCR Ord 11 , r3 ) . |
| 6 | And President Gorbachev stood up there for about 15 minutes or so before the television pictures were cut . |
| 7 | In the 1930s , twenty years or so before the hospital bed reductions began , a period of economic standstill and high unemployment drove many single , unemployed , poorly educated young men from , mainly , depressed areas in the north of England , Scotland and Ireland to more prosperous areas in the south in the vain hope of finding work . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , Miss Thomas was breathing and a pulse was still discernible but , according to a statement from an inspector at the station , she stopped breathing a minute or so before an ambulance arrived at 1.33 a.m . |