Example sentences of "[adv] long before " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Dead long before it was dead . ’ |
| 2 | It ca n't go on for ever because characters such as the Fat Slags ( right ) can only go on so long before the joke starts to wear thin . |
| 3 | It just says that we have to make the the call for nominations so long before we put out the selection ballot . |
| 4 | That 's with me , seeing that it was so long before it was diagnosed , that 's why my feet and hands are still paralysed . |
| 5 | It 's been a long time since you left us , but you 're more than welcome though on your return and do n't be so long before you come again . |
| 6 | I count it a double honour to represent Framlingham this afternoon and to offer you a welcome back , a welcome into our homes which we look forward to seeing you on Saturday and we are so thrilled to think that so many of you have made the journey back to visit us and I echo the sentiments of another speaker , do n't let it be so long before you come again . |
| 7 | Odd-Knut has never seen one either , but that is less of a surprise as the noise and smell of his dogs frighten most animals away long before he spots them . |
| 8 | In fact , Kitty was the only one of the three who had enough time off during the day to help out on the barrow , but as she never got up until the sun rose and slipped away long before it had set , she still was n't what Granpa would have called an asset . |
| 9 | It was not long before she had left home and was on the road . |
| 10 | The former chairman , Sir Phil Harris , soon sold his shares and it was not long before the new company was running off the rails . |
| 11 | It was not long before the flak was flying , and the principal targets were the Scotland captain Roy Aitken , the Liverpool utility player Steve Nicol , and Jim Leighton , the Manchester United goalkeeper . |
| 12 | Coming to London as a young clerk attached to the Board of Trade , it was not long before he began to take an interest in political affairs , and his remarkable gift for public speaking was developed at the old Battersea Parliament , to which belonged many men who have since played important roles in public life … including Stanley ( now Lord ) Buckmaster , John Burns and Horatio Bottomley … . |
| 13 | And not long before we left school , the poetical stage when we read poetry out of doors , or rather I did , while he listened . |
| 14 | It was not long before Tony joined me in an attempt to free himself of the sizzling mushrooms . |
| 15 | Perkin had not long before seen Olympia lying dead at Nolan 's feet . |
| 16 | It was not long before I was ensconced in the dining-room with a pastis and looking forward to dinner . |
| 17 | But he soon wins you over , and it is not long before you start feeling that his casual manner conveys Higgins 's narcissism to a well-pronounced T. |
| 18 | As you will see in the final reading from Gowie Corby Plays Chicken nobody w ill put up with Gowie 's cruel jokes for ever and it 's not long before people 's patience with him runs out . |
| 19 | It was not long before the empty site was converted into dwellings . |
| 20 | It was not long before he had found a position in the same firm for young Joseph , as a junior clerk . |
| 21 | It was not long before they were fleeing again , this time from the Bow Street Runners . |
| 22 | It was not long before his medical knowledge had ingratiated him with the prison doctor and afforded him all sorts of privileges . |
| 23 | It was not long before disagreements emerged between Fatah and the NGC , particularly once the radical mayors Shak'a and Khalaf emerged as leaders of the NGC , to the detriment of a more accommodationist tendency . |
| 24 | It was not long before the Joint Committee began to starve the NGC and associated radical elements of financial support , while fostering rival groups and individuals . |
| 25 | It was not long before the authorities began to harass the unions , and to maintain an aura of fear to keep their membership dormant . |
| 26 | Having made such an analysis of the situation , it was not long before I found myself reconsidering Mr Farraday 's kind suggestion of some days ago . |
| 27 | Once maintenance ceases , it is not long before the roof starts to leak , the plasterwork or the ceiling to become stained and damaged , and dry rot to take hold . |
| 28 | Not long before he died , John visited London . |
| 29 | But it was not long before he was describing projects for further productions . |
| 30 | Since they were erupted so low down , it was not long before the rivers of lava were flowing through inhabited areas . |