Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adj] years before [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This adage was true in the days when pears were grafted onto a miscellany of vigorous rootstocks , which encouraged the growth of great , large trees which took many years before they settled down to cropping . |
| 2 | Consequently they underinvest in long-term projects which take many years before they yield a positive return . |
| 3 | She needed four years before she knew she wanted to live here . |
| 4 | I lived in Switzerland for fifteen years and I knew many many people who after having had their children would have breasts implants and , they just felt that they 'd got back the figure that they had before the children and particularly one of my friends she had twins and her stomach was so stretched and after her pregnancy she 'd got all this sort of sagging skin and what she regretted was that she waited fifteen years before she decided to go and have something done and she just felt so much better about it . |
| 5 | And I mean they say with skin grafts it takes two years before they 're completely settled and accepted . |
| 6 | It took two years before I girded up my floppy disks and bought an Amstrad . |
| 7 | So if it peaks two years before you plan to cash in , you do not lose because you had to wait for the money . |