Example sentences of "[art] [det] months before " in BNC.
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1 | For instance , Saint Gobain , a recently privatised glassmaker , outbid Britain 's BTR to buy Norton , an American maker of abrasives , for FFr11 billion ( $2 billion ) just a few months before America 's recession began . |
2 | The Mackenzies had invited the Keiths and their children , two-year-old Billy , and Roberta Keith , born only a few months before and named after Robert in Sydney , to join them for the festive season . |
3 | ( Richard shaved his a few months before ‘ I 'm Too Sexy ’ came out . ) |
4 | What I did n't know was that a few months before we started to work together she had written a proposal to the Thai government to start a ‘ machine knitting project ’ in one of her districts . |
5 | The phones began ringing off the hook at Rugby US a few months before the World Cup began , with callers wanting to know when and where they could see the matches on television . |
6 | You should claim your pension a few months before you reach State pension age . |
7 | It had been a few months before Roy realised he had married what his mother would have called ‘ a lazy bitch ’ . |
8 | In fact Carter 's style as president was probably closest to that of Woodrow Wilson who , as it happens , died a few months before Carter was born in 1924 . |
9 | His men had taken power in the province that summer of 1922 , just around the time Fantina was born , a few months before the Leader reached the capital on his famous march . |
10 | Actually , the family lived at Trebyan up to a few months before I was born , then they moved next door to be near the shop . ’ |
11 | A few months before Jacques died on 17 July 1673 he attended the marriage of his only daughter , Marie Geneviève , who married the famed organist Claude Balbastre on 2 January 1763 . |
12 | The last time I saw him was at Walton Studios a few months before they closed down and the was he was doing he said he was unable to get a film to direct , so he was going to be Herbert Wilcox first assistant director on his forthcoming production . |
13 | He designed and built it specially for his wife because she 'd always wanted to live by the river , but she only had time to enjoy it for a few months before she died . |
14 | A few months before the agreement runs out , the dealer phones to discuss the three standard options . |
15 | I have to confess that we failed to keep the secret until the day of publication : the sharp observation of sensed that ‘ something was going on ’ among his co-authors a few months before the book was published ! |
16 | see that , that come aha , well that carpet we 've got in the sitting room you know , it was , it was twelve hundred pound , only put it down a few , er a few months before we |
17 | Like a few months before you get your provisional and while you 're working you can save the rest of your money , like you 're . |