Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [art] few [noun pl] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of 149 respondents , 18 subjects agreed firmly with the statement that " Dreams occur only in the few moments before you wake up " , and a further 23 thought this was perhaps true . |
| 2 | In the Hull survey one of the statements to which respondents were invited to agree was " Dreams occur only in the few moments before you wake up " ; 18 endorsed this statement , and 23 thought it was maybe true , out of 149 . |
| 3 | Innumerable country spires turn bronze amid newly ploughed fields of copper , just for a few moments before the ball disappears . |
| 4 | On it , messages left over from a few days before Brian gave up the flat . |
| 5 | He gazed calmly for a few seconds before he lifted his hand in greeting . |
| 6 | She thought carefully for a few moments before she said , ‘ Silas — are n't you being unreasonable and somewhat unfair to both yourself and to Doreen ? ’ |
| 7 | Actually , the family lived at Trebyan up to a few months before I was born , then they moved next door to be near the shop . ’ |
| 8 | The pump ‘ pinned us there for a few seconds before the other lads got it off ’ . |