Example sentences of "[pron] was a few [noun pl] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather unfairly , as he had been very nice that morning , it was a few minutes before I remembered there was a third guest present . |
| 2 | Fran murmured her thanks as the woman collected the dog and went on her way , but it was a few minutes before she followed her . |
| 3 | It was a few moments before an answer occurred to him . |
| 4 | His Test debut had come against India in 1978–9 aged only twenty , but , with so many other top bowlers in competition , it was a few years before his place was secure . |
| 5 | It was a few seconds before she realised that it was coming from her . |
| 6 | I saw the rolled-up rug under the workbench and it was a few seconds before I realized that she was n't inside it any more . |