Example sentences of "be [adv prt] [prep] the early " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since I 've understood what management was about — I suppose that must have been back in the early 1950s — I 've had the philosophy that if I go into a job I must do it better than the bloke who 's been doing it before me . |
| 2 | It was quite a drive and quite a list for when she got there , so she was unlikely to be back before the early evening ; but this was no great problem , because they 'd soon be closing the doors so that they could make a start on the next day 's preparations . |
| 3 | Had the paparazzi been around in the early days of his marriage it 's doubtful Philip would have escaped criticism . |
| 4 | That was back in the early 1600s and things had been improving gradually ever since . |
| 5 | That was back in the early sixties . |