Example sentences of "time before [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Underpowered , overweight and outdated , the once 200 strong fleet , affectionately known as ‘ Whistlers ’ was in decline from the mid-1970s , and when major overhauls ceased at BREL Crewe in 1981 it was only a question of time before they disappeared first from top link Eastern Region duties , and finally in 1985 freight workings originating from the North West . |
| 2 | Even if it may be some time before they are commercially acceptable , pioneer work is essential if our planet is to feed the teeming millions of people who will live on it by the twenty-first century . |
| 3 | It was a long time before they subsided sufficiently for him to relax his muscles and lie still in the rough familiar comfort of tangled blankets . |
| 4 | The way the Minogue sisters are likely to carry on working , it could be some time before they get the chance of another shopping trip . |
| 5 | ‘ It got to the point where they were jumping on the bonnet and it would have been a matter of time before they ran over my roof . ’ |
| 6 | It was some time before they had Liam fit to drive the cart home . |
| 7 | But they need to be reassured that in all countries results from research tend to be indirect and to take time before they come to fruition . |
| 8 | Seeing as the best thing about Levitation is the way they challenge his previous band 's liabilities , it 's a shame Tel 's still trying to master his own voice , but there 's still time before they release their debut single . |
| 9 | That was still untended and wild ; the house had been empty for some time before they bought it , or rather Mr Paul had . |
| 10 | ‘ The goals I scored for Charlton and Wednesday were basically created by other players but I think it 's just a matter of time before they start going in again and it should help my game when Geoff Thomas is fit , ’ he added . |
| 11 | They set you up , they say you 're hot , and it 's only a matter of time before they 're saying you 're cold . ’ |
| 12 | It should only be a matter of time before they return to common sense and reason . |
| 13 | She and Ella had plenty of time before they needed to set off for school . |
| 14 | He saw that the humans were numerous and becoming more so , and that it was only a matter of time before they would eclipse the elder races . |
| 15 | Most electricity men were convinced that , just as in lighting they had outmatched gas completely , it was only a matter of time before they did the same in other uses . |
| 16 | ‘ Nothing yet , but I 've got a team working around the clock so it should only be a matter of time before they come up with the answers . ’ |
| 17 | And it would only be a matter of time before they came to investigate . |
| 18 | I 'd just like to ask er if it 's not to start on the er phase three before the spring of ninety five , it seems a long time two and half years time before they a , they make a start ! |
| 19 | But the Voice of Reason argued that Preston 's marriage , and his career , were demasted , holed and rudderless a long time before they foundered together on the rock of Carla . |
| 20 | If we do not use these medications properly then it can only be a matter of time before they are withdrawn from availability and we lose a precious treatment for our fish . |
| 21 | It is only a matter or time before they die … and there are few new sapling in these machine-cut hedges to replace them , even if farmers wanted them . |
| 22 | Plenty of time before they 'd be missed . |
| 23 | But these are cropping up everywhere , and it can only be a matter of time before they become as common as the cold . |
| 24 | Science was being taught in public schools and in grammar schools , and there were courses in universities , which in Britain began at about this time to catch on — this was the era when the great municipal universities started to flourish , though it was to be some time before they received government grants . |
| 25 | She did not confirm for them that she had been meeting an escaped prisoner and she did not explain the significance of the print-out , but they clearly knew the first and it would be only a short time before they worked out the second . |
| 26 | It was a long time before they spoke . |
| 27 | ‘ They had known each other for some time before they married , though , had n't they ? ’ ventured Greg . |
| 28 | It is unlikely that , given the current level of resources , both financial and human , the Council would be in a position to initiate central development of these courses in the near future , and it would therefore be some time before they would be incorporated into the new style provision . |
| 29 | Equally , it is possible for goods to be delivered to the buyer some time before they become his property . |
| 30 | Those actively interested in diamonds will have to wait a very long time before they will be able to put their hands on these cosmic ornaments . |