Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [num ord] few [noun pl] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the last few minutes before Ellen appeared , Ruth stood by the window , looking down the dale . |
| 2 | The current , although only slow , should be able to do this easily in the first few seconds before the crust becomes totally waterlogged and is still buoyant enough to counteract the weight of the bullet . |
| 3 | Babies put on a lot of fat in the last few weeks before they are born , so looked a poor little skinny scrap of a thing . |
| 4 | In a terse statement the board of directors said it had ‘ considered the Great Britain management set-up and individual talks will take place over the next few days before a formal announcement is made ’ . |
| 5 | In a terse statement the board of directors said it had ‘ considered the Great Britain management set-up and individual talks will take place over the next few days before a formal announcement is made ’ . |