Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a [adj] [noun pl] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | After I was at court I had to go back to Low Newton to wait for a few weeks before I could go to Styal prison . |
| 2 | It was very simple , efficient , and reliable in operation , with the minor disadvantage that the vaporizer required preheating for a few minutes before the engine could be started ; when running , it retained sufficient heat to ignite the injected fuel . |
| 3 | But often we would n't get that straight away ; we 'd have to go through a few guitars before we found the combination of guitar and amp and EQ on the desk . |
| 4 | Understandably Diana found it hard to concentrate on the cookery course she had enrolled in a few days before her father suffered his stroke . |
| 5 | Perhaps he 'd risked time to practise with a few shots before I got there . |
| 6 | Janine hesitated for a few seconds before she slipped into them . |
| 7 | Q I recently became the owner of a pond which I planted and then left for a few weeks before I put the fish in . |
| 8 | The fighting continued for a few seconds before they realised that it was no longer dark . |