Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] before [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That meant she had a good eight hours ' start before anyone need even think about her absence . |
| 2 | The boys had gone out to play on the forestry tracks with their new bikes on what had proved a bright but cold day ; Mary had got three hours ' sleep before they came back , noisily demanding to be fed . |
| 3 | And in those days you had to have fifteen years ' training before anyone would really look at you . |
| 4 | We all the lads that left at the same time , said , we 've got four weeks ' holiday before we look for work . |
| 5 | Take a single dose of Sulphur 30 but expect the thrush to get worse in three or four days ' time before it will get better . |