Example sentences of "before [adv] long " in BNC.

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1 Before very long he becomes the leader of one of the most powerful teenage gangs in Brooklyn .
2 I can see they 'll get it from that quarter and before very long .
3 Before very long , however , the entitlement aspects of ERA will surely lead to conflict and litigation , as parents discover that laboratories and equipment are insufficient to deliver ‘ science ’ to their children , or that a guaranteed first foreign language can not be taught because there are insufficient qualified staff .
4 Before very long Gay was running her close .
5 Anne left Germany in the expectation of seeing her family again before very long .
6 Sure enough before very long a show record was broken .
7 Perhaps there is a slight disadvantage in playing in Division 2 in that you do not play against the very top sides and players week in , week out , but hopefully Dundee High will earn promotion to the top division before very long .
8 However , as it now seemed certain that the Company would be taken over by the new authority that was to unify public transport in London , before very long , these projects were left in abeyance .
9 You will be together again before very long — and then who knows ! ’
10 Dad said I should wait until it stopped snowing so hard , so I watched from the window , and before very long it did ease and I was sent down the cellar for the fuel .
11 ‘ But the style of rugby I saw in August over there , and that we have seen on their tour of France and England , indicates that before very long the Springboks will be up there with the best .
12 The whole episode was built around the book and before very long , and not for the first time , the fascist implications were there again , not only as far as Alf was concerned but , by implication , involving me too .
13 Before very long the view of Rhee 's helpful conduct was to undergo radical revision .
14 Before very long , however , it was to be made abundantly clear to her that legal equality was not enough ; the ability to exert force was the key not merely to ascendancy , but also to genuine equality .
15 So he stood with her , and held her , and very soon nature began to teach them both what to do , and before very long the neighbours heard a little shriek come from Pascoe 's cottage , and the old wives glanced and nodded to each other , content that the marriage had been consummated , and anxious to share with each other reminiscences of their own experiences in similar circumstances .
16 He would recover from Suki , before very long .
17 Before very long , Wilson was constantly consulting me on a number of matters and even seeking my opinion on political issues — which he wisely always rejected .
18 All users will be able to enjoy the blend tool , instant transformations from one shape to another will start to invade all sorts of artwork before very long !
19 And before very long , by quite different means , Paris too was to enjoy a public opera .
20 Currently , the ACSET sub-committee has established a Working Group which is considering the management training needs of further and adult education staff and it is likely that a new document to complement and extend Haycocks III will be forthcoming before very long .
21 Before very long on a planetary time scale the surface temperatures would reach Cytherean values .
22 But once it was understood that Europeans might hope to reach the fabled East by travelling West , then explorers could reasonably hope that before very long they would have mapped the whole surface of the globe .
23 He will be here before very long .
24 My hon. Friend the Member for Bradford , South ( Mr. Cryer ) got it right when he said yesterday that Ministers will be regarded as wearers of dirty raincoats before very long .
25 He took it seriously at first , affronted that anyone could say anything about anyone so close to him , but before very long , he saw the funny side .
26 Before very long , however , it did open in the West End .
27 True to his word , before very long there was a cheery fire crackling away , giving off warmth and light .
28 In the end the one certainty is that the fox hunting debate will be aired in the council chamber again before very long
29 ‘ Unless Borders councillors start resisting blanket forestry it is no exaggeration to suggest the Borders hills will disappear under a new wave of tree planting before very long . ’
30 I was laughing about with er what 's , I 'm gon na write er a note to my chi er letter to my children for , you know , before very long no good thinking about it , well you would n't think about it after when it 's too late , but my kids have been a you know a great comfort the four from my first Joan , Joan has too , she 's been a dear but we had the same problems when she was getting older .
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