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 . |