Example sentences of "[adv] before they [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the secondary girls considered such goings on beneath their dignity but it was n't long before they began to take an interest and help out in the " Ox-farm " . |
| 2 | It was not long before they began to complain . |
| 3 | Children usually have a strong ballet grounding long before they apply to enter the Royal Ballet School from the age of 11 . |
| 4 | Our constituents look to us to obtain redress ; if the only satisfaction that we can give them is to say that the matter is out of our hands , it will not be long before they begin to wonder why they voted for us at all . |
| 5 | True prevention is thus to ensure that women are immunised against diseases which can cause mental handicap in the foetus long before they plan to conceive . |
| 6 | They had four days together before they had to leave for Estoril and the pre-race qualifying sessions , and by the end of them Kate had to admit that the naïve dreams she 'd had of becoming irresistible to this man were exactly that , and extremely unrealistic into the bargain . |
| 7 | They first hit on this method because they were suddenly deprived of their darkroom , shortly before they had to prepare a show . |
| 8 | And we the used to pick on a on some sort of a nice looking little boy or little girl to say the collection piece that was appealing and I ca n't remember what it was now but er probably about four verses of what they called a collection piece , just before they started to collect you see and erm I think I said that three or four years erm running almost , so I must been pretty well good at it . |
| 9 | ‘ General Francis and Corporal Wix have been hoping you 'd be back before they had to leave for London . ’ |
| 10 | The small airstrip was well away from the house and even before they turned to land a car had left the property and was heading out to meet them . |
| 11 | Once again , as often is the case , the forwards laid the foundation of victory , but make no mistake , they were made to work very hard before they started to dominate the Welsh pack . |