Example sentences of "a few [noun] before [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just a few hours before the verdict he told Central News that he believed the jury would find him not guilty . |
| 2 | Indeed , MTB 74 , with her torpedo tubes on the foredeck instead of amidships , was ready for sea only a few hours before the raid , her crew having changed one of her five engines . |
| 3 | If possible , introduce the female a few hours before the male , so she can explore and settle in in peace and quiet . |
| 4 | The other set , belonging to Danaher , had little to smile about , even though he at least was able to , because a few hours before the kick-off he was finally ruled out of contention because of the knee ligament strain which had reduced his contribution over the eight-match tour to a couple of half-matches . |
| 5 | We 've been told to take off times , but if there 's one certainty , they 'll be rescheduled by a few hours before the season starts . |
| 6 | Sometimes it is helpful to give an ice cold drink a few minutes before a meal to relive the difficulty of chewing or swallowing . |
| 7 | A few minutes before the start of the service , the girl s from three of the Godolphin Boarding Houses would arrive under the eagle eyes of several mistresses , who always seemed to wear stern expressions . |
| 8 | But Yorkshire 's lead by then was 53 with the final 20 overs approaching and Craig White and Darren Gough carefully batted on until rain came a few minutes before the close . |
| 9 | Martin Gilfellan had taken the car just a few minutes before the accident and was being followed by the police when he drove straight over a junction . |
| 10 | Imagine yourself making a few notes before the meeting . |
| 11 | A few yards before the rue de Fleuve joined the tow-path along the Seine , it was traversed by the Cours Mirabeau , a wide boulevard lined with pollarded lime trees where the daily market was held . |
| 12 | This should be resisted by the tenant as not only will the term be slightly diminished ( by almost three months where , for instance , the certificate date is a few days before a quarter day ) which could be relevant for a comparatively short term lease , but also the first and subsequent rent review dates will be that much sooner , which at a rent of , say , £100,000 per year , increasing to £140,000 per year ( in an inflationary market ) on the first rent review , would add £10,000 per quarter to the rent . |
| 13 | Eventually , we reached the stage where she could avoid it altogether a few days before a period , but she continued to drink one or two small cups a day at other times . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , the invitation came only a few days before the weekend fixed for the competition , giving the Ayrshire team no time at all to train . |
| 15 | Summoned to collect a donation from an address on the east side of the city , a few days before the Election , I noticed a poster in the window , and realised that it was the home of a candidate ( now the Member ) for Leith . |
| 16 | After these reconnaissances during October , a final reconnaissance was made a few days before the invasion , by the teams going inshore one night so that each navigator could show the paddlers their canoes ' positions as navigational marks guiding in the assault waves on D-day . |
| 17 | These comments , coming from the NRA 's senior scientist a few days before the Government 's Green Bill is due to be published , add more problems to the rough passage already faced by the legislation . |
| 18 | Under commitment accounting , the manager could simply issue orders a few days before the year-end to ‘ fill up ’ the budget . |
| 19 | His mother 's claims come just a few days before the publication of a report into the case of seven mental patients , who died after they were discharged from hospital . |
| 20 | Nutty received the guff about the competition a few days before the date . |
| 21 | Dr Pirnia came to the palace a few days before the departure to say goodbye to the Queen . |
| 22 | Goebbels instructed German press representatives on 19 October that ‘ it would still be a few days before the fall of Stalingrad ’ and recommended caution in reporting . |
| 23 | A few days before the poll , an attempt was made to interest The Guardian in a story that Harold Wilson was involved in land speculation . |
| 24 | on collecting my T-shirt and participants instructions a few days before the event , I was rather alarmed to discover that we were expected to meet at Alexander Stadium at 7.45 a.m. on the Sunday morning , a time that I did n't really know existed even before my maternity leave ! |
| 25 | A few days before the vote on partition in the UN General Assembly , Abdallah secretly met Jewish Agency officials . |
| 26 | The evacuation of children , and the mothers of children under five , from London and other large cities began a few days before the outbreak of war . |
| 27 | A few days before the outbreak of war , instructions had been received to prepare and assemble the ambulance trains . |
| 28 | The timing of Nguyen 's visit was regarded as significant by some commentators , coming a few days before the arrival in Moscow of the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party , Jiang Zemin [ see p. 38189 ] . |
| 29 | My term had ended a few days before the start of Crispin 's leave , so we had agreed to travel up separately , and meet on Moila itself . |
| 30 | The most poignant lesson , which proved to be the last , was held a few days before the wedding . |