Example sentences of "day before [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 They then remained undisturbed in their home cages for a further 16 days before experiencing the light again .
2 Something of the casual innocence of the picture may be lost when I tell you that I had to hunt this particular combination of light for two days before obtaining the shot I wanted !
3 Sad Michael , who died of liver cancer at 27 , was lashed with leather thongs in front of a packed audience at a West End Theatre just two days before joining the show .
4 If 14 days be a reasonable length of time in such a contract in this particular trade , and if he waits seven days before entrusting the goods to a third person on sale or return , that third person has the right to keep them as against him for 14 days , whereas the original owner has a right to the return of them within seven days from that date and I think that is clearly an act inconsistent with anything but his having adopted the transaction . ’
5 The jury deliberated for five days before finding the accused guilty on all counts .
6 In another case , Allied increased the price of a wall unit by more than £200 just days before offering the ‘ massive reductions ’ .
7 Another free day before taking the overnight train to Cairo .
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