Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [noun pl] before they " in BNC.
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| 1 | They took breath for a few moments before they emerged , after the third volley , to finish what they had begun , the Welsh swordsmen boiling out of the bushes joyously on their heels . |
| 2 | Most continue ripening in store until ready for the table , but a few varieties must be brought into the warm for a few days before they are ready to eat . |
| 3 | They were usually listless for a few days before they collapsed , breathing with evident difficulty and , in a few cases , discharging a white frothy liquid from their nostrils . |
| 4 | The fighting continued for a few seconds before they realised that it was no longer dark . |
| 5 | Acknowledging the problems of information confidentiality and the need to retain machine-readable records for up to a hundred years before they can be publically released , it still seems feasible for the various interested parties to forge links in order to share expertise and avoid the needless duplication of effort . |