Example sentences of "[noun] a few [noun pl] before [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was last seen in England a few days before he was due to attend an important conference in Italy . |
| 2 | I only saw Stephen a few times before I went back to prison . |
| 3 | He called on me at the apartment a few hours before I left for the airport . |
| 4 | ‘ Even know you tried to pay back the last five shillings a few minutes before my father went to the synagogue one Saturday . |
| 5 | Newman recalled briefly his experience at The Nag 's Head a few hours before he ended up in hospital . |
| 6 | Mrs Pearson , the nice old lady who sold Belle Vue Cottage to me , set the controls a few days before she left and said the milkman understood how it worked and he would help me if I had need of it . |
| 7 | Professor St John Goth heard a door a few minutes before he last looked at his watch at twelve-forty-five . |
| 8 | You may need to carry out the above exercises a few times before you get any results . |
| 9 | You should claim your pension a few months before you reach State pension age . |
| 10 | Mr Mekgwe was reportedly last seen in the company of three ANC men a few hours before he was due to give evidence . |
| 11 | 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 . |