Example sentences of "very [adv] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not very long before she was free of them altogether . |
| 2 | My son is a dying junkie , but he does n't want to die alone so he 's encouraging Robin-Anne to keep him company and now she 's become addicted to cocaine and it wo n't be very long before she 's smoking crack and trying speedballs . ’ |
| 3 | It was not very long before I came to see it as simply one fad among others . |
| 4 | They were n't there in the they were n't in this office for very long before they disappeared elsewhere . |
| 5 | Very shortly before Maxwell embarked on his last voyage on the Lady Ghislaine he was discussing legal matters with the Legal Director of Mirror Group Newspapers , Arthur Davidson . |
| 6 | But I did n't get very near before Mr Stokill put his hand on my shoulder . |
| 7 | In such cases , all variations are symmetrical either side of the spine , and the whole plan has to be worked out very carefully before any nylon is cut . |
| 8 | It pays to read each question very carefully before you begin your answer . |
| 9 | He cut another slice of bread and spread the butter on it from edge to edge very carefully before he took a big bite . |
| 10 | Word processing has many advantages over the electronic typewriter and with systems available under £500 you need to think very carefully before you reject the word-processing option . |
| 11 | He says he hopes the vicar will think very carefully before he does anything else . |
| 12 | Think very carefully before you give up , because if you do you may regret it later on . |
| 13 | I urge you to consider very carefully before you vote and to oppose . |
| 14 | it 's reported in the press very often before it comes to the committee |
| 15 | You can be sure that , slump or no slump , the Champenois are n't going to drop their prices very far before they start cutting corners . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've coped with this very well before ’ |
| 17 | Confident as Sara was of her own skill as a horsewoman , she would have had to know him very well before she dared to ride him , but Bunny , she knew , rode him constantly without fear . |
| 18 | So provides section 16 of the Partnership Act , 1890 , and the words have a comfortingly assured ring about them even though long and intimate acquaintance with that Act suggests that comfort will be impaired if here as at other points in the Act one indulges in deeper reflection ; and reflection need not go very deep before one becomes uneasy , because if one takes the words of section 16 into unqualified acceptance and seeks to apply them in practical situations , one does not have to envisage a great number of such situations to find some where the uncritical acceptance of section 16 will lead to manifest absurdity . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I had been his guest in the air very briefly before when I was taken up to see Low Birk Hatt as a bird would see it , and I found it a thrilling experience , quite the best way to travel . |
| 21 | There are aspects of the scheme which appear either to distort information or to offer less sophisticated information than is required , and which would cause library authorities to examine its cost-effectiveness very closely before theory could be put into practice . |
| 22 | I think he has to I think he has to think very seriously before he starts to decry the achievements of this nation . |