Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few [noun pl] before [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only a matter of a few hours before the stranger had been slotted into the local kinship network ; and the recognition of kinship was mutual . |
| 2 | It was very simple , efficient , and reliable in operation , with the minor disadvantage that the vaporizer required preheating for a few minutes before the engine could be started ; when running , it retained sufficient heat to ignite the injected fuel . |
| 3 | Nigel felt they were close for a few moments before the customary iciness set in . |
| 4 | Innumerable country spires turn bronze amid newly ploughed fields of copper , just for a few moments before the ball disappears . |
| 5 | In toads , for instance , the males sit on the backs of females for a few days before the female lays her eggs . |
| 6 | The pump ‘ pinned us there for a few seconds before the other lads got it off ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ I am not persuaded that the use of the personal pronoun ‘ him ’ in the phrase ‘ sustained by him ’ was intended by parliament to have the bizarre result that there was no-one to injure or to sustain injuries in the few days before the child was born . |