Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] time before he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Still peering from the corner of his eye , Frankie stared at her breasts for a long time before he realized with a jolt that she was observing him through the mirror . |
| 2 | Soapy moved on , but he walked for a long time before he tried again . |
| 3 | He was screaming for a long time before he fell , and we could hear that he was running as he screamed . |
| 4 | When his bastard turned out to be studious , the boy was accepted into the English bachelor 's house for a short time before he was shipped off to prep school and public school in his father 's country . |
| 5 | We had no knowledge of General Miles ' army until a short time before he made a charge upon us , cutting our camp in two , and capturing nearly all of the horses . |