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 . |