Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun pl] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | She and her husband ran a restaurant for eleven years before opening up Ford Farm in 1973 . |
| 2 | She persevered for fifty pages before admitting that she had n't taken in a word . |
| 3 | It careered down the track for 500 yards before somersaulting three or four times and crashing broadside into a clump of tree before disintegrating " into 100 pieces " , as a trackside official described it . |
| 4 | The Kingdom of Tonga , an independent constitutional monarchy within the Commonwealth , was a British Protected State for 70 years before achieving full independence in 1970 . |
| 5 | Sue , of Baguley , of Greater Manchester , said : ‘ Our engagement was called off eight weeks before the blast . |
| 6 | ‘ One of our sons was with us for eight months before going away to the other end of the earth — I could n't even phone him . |
| 7 | He was ordered complete rest and convalesced abroad for eight months before resuming work as consultant for the Skipton–Lancaster railway , at first jointly with Charles Vignoles [ q.v. ] and then as sole consultant . |
| 8 | Just over a year later , already a trained weaver , he left to join another company for eight years before returning to complete thirty four years ' continuous service . |
| 9 | The programme prompted a huge stream of calls from viewers who thought they may know the man who abducted Stephanie and held her captive for eight days before escaping with a £175,000 ransom . |
| 10 | The Bank , however , hardly competed vigorously for private accounts before mid century . |
| 11 | The North-east coalfield developed early because of access to sea routes to the capital ; the other landlocked coalfields catered only for regional markets before canals and navigable rivers enabled them to lower their prices and until the railways opened up national markets . |
| 12 | We shall , therefore , now briefly consider some of the basic issues involved in sampling for social surveys before considering the interview schedules used in them . |
| 13 | A number of psychiatric reports have been carried out but Judge John Turner adjourned the court until April 30 for further details before deciding what action to take . |
| 14 | You were so much older than me , you 'd been through broken relationships before and knew how to cope with them . |
| 15 | We are not allowed to know just yet , for the London Underground rule book tells drivers to wait for 30 minutes before making an announcement , unless they 've received a message to the contrary from their controllers or there is some ‘ immediate threat to safety . ’ |
| 16 | Filters were washed twice in 2×SSC ( 1×SSC is 0.15 M NaCl plus 0.015 M sodium citrate ) containing 0.5% SDS for 30 minutes at room temperature and then in 0.1×SSC containing 0.1% SDS at 50°C for 30 minutes before autoradiography . |
| 17 | It is recommended that LIFESPAN facilities are made unavailable for 30 minutes before the shutdown so that any outstanding transactions may be completed . |
| 18 | The 35 million Christmas trees bought this year would have to rot for 30 years before decomposing in dumps that are already overflowing . |
| 19 | Holding the infant 20 cm below the introitus for 30 seconds before clamping the umbilical cord ( ‘ regulated ’ group , 17 patients ) , or conventional management ( ‘ random ’ group , 19 patients ) . |
| 20 | In the regulated group the attendant was asked to hold the infant 20 cm below the introitus for 30 seconds before clamping the umbilical cord . |
| 21 | Holding the infant 20 cm below the introitus for 30 seconds before clamping the cord probably enables an intermediate and beneficial volume of placental blood to enter the fetal circulation . |
| 22 | After 4 attempts and 2 hours they finally got 568 kayaks strung together and held only by hands for 30 seconds before departing 5km down to Holme Pierrepont for a fun afternoon . |
| 23 | Lice can be cleared best with special lotions which evaporate on contact with the scalp and should be left on for 12 hours before shampooing away . |
| 24 | He quickly regained consciousness but was kept under observation for 12 hours before being returned to the prison where he has been held in solitary confinement since his arrest off the Moroccan coast by the Royal Navy last August . |
| 25 | Dr Hughes lectured in Economic History at Balliol College , Oxford , for 12 years before becoming Labour MP for the City of Durham in 1970 . |
| 26 | ‘ I come from the background of human marvels , ’ says Rose , a globally travelled street performer for 12 years before forming the circus in 1991 . |
| 27 | Allen and Farrow , who never married , were together for 12 years before splitting up in January 1992 . |
| 28 | It is normally kept on static display at the National Railway Museum in York , but is on hire to the West Somerset this year This was the last steam locomotive built for British Railways before the completion of the changeover to diesel and electric traction . |
| 29 | Productions will play at the Forum for 10–14 days before touring to small scale venues in the North-East . |
| 30 | We sat shaking for some minutes before regaining sufficient composure to drive on . |