Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] before it " in BNC.

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1 You get the feeling that this is a film made as a gift from the writers to Brando , who probably fancied the idea of a few laughs before it 's too late .
2 You get the feeling that this is a film made as a gift from the writers to Brando , who probably fancied the idea of a few laughs before it 's too late .
3 ‘ I still ca n't work out how they got away with it because I 'd only left it outside the tent for a few moments before it vanished .
4 The horizon was a dark terracotta colour , the top of the dying sun just visible for a few seconds before it dropped out of sight and the sky doused the remaining light like a heavy black blanket .
5 However , she only keeps it for a few weeks before it is handed back to the new Lady Mayoress by the sheriff for the price of a kiss .
6 ‘ Oh , and I do n't know if you 're going to play any games with the younger boys before it gets dark — ’
7 Is it really true that Watership Down was rejected by over a dozen publishers before it was taken on and became a bestseller ?
8 At first the gospel of family limitation appears to have been spread most effectively among the middle classes before it percolated through to the working classes .
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