Example sentences of "for [art] [adj] [noun pl] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | Small children scrambled for the scattered coins before they washed down the drains . |
| 2 | And I feel if now we deny ourselves our greatest delight and say our love alone shall make us strong , our strength shall not depend on anything but our love then indeed I think we shall be creating an independence of each other , which can only make our binding sympathy more perfect … . for the present , for the 14 months before I am 21 then I have after much real thought , much consideration decided that it would be best for both of us to be separated … |
| 3 | She 's been reported missing and we 're checking her movements for the two weeks before she vanished . ’ |
| 4 | They had checked Angela 's diary for the two weeks before she had gone missing and were talking to everyone in it . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Dawn , please get Angela 's diary for the two weeks before she went missing — and last week — and list every date she had . |
| 6 | For the ten minutes before Clare arrived she leaned back and looked around her with a sense almost of satisfaction . |
| 7 | The last time was for the three months before she encountered Jarvis in Fawley Road . |
| 8 | She considered the question for a few minutes before she replied , ‘ Barbados takes a bit of getting used to , but its good points far outweigh the bad . |
| 9 | It was very simple , efficient , and reliable in operation , with the minor disadvantage that the vaporizer required preheating for a few minutes before the engine could be started ; when running , it retained sufficient heat to ignite the injected fuel . |
| 10 | Nigel felt they were close for a few moments before the customary iciness set in . |
| 11 | ‘ I still ca n't work out how they got away with it because I 'd only left it outside the tent for a few moments before it vanished . |
| 12 | Innumerable country spires turn bronze amid newly ploughed fields of copper , just for a few moments before the ball disappears . |
| 13 | He sat in the driver 's seat to get the feel for a few moments before he started it up . |
| 14 | They took breath for a few moments before they emerged , after the third volley , to finish what they had begun , the Welsh swordsmen boiling out of the bushes joyously on their heels . |
| 15 | She thought carefully for a few moments before she said , ‘ Silas — are n't you being unreasonable and somewhat unfair to both yourself and to Doreen ? ’ |
| 16 | Most continue ripening in store until ready for the table , but a few varieties must be brought into the warm for a few days before they are ready to eat . |
| 17 | In toads , for instance , the males sit on the backs of females for a few days before the female lays her eggs . |
| 18 | I looked after him for a few days before he died . ’ |
| 19 | They were usually listless for a few days before they collapsed , breathing with evident difficulty and , in a few cases , discharging a white frothy liquid from their nostrils . |
| 20 | The fighting continued for a few seconds before they realised that it was no longer dark . |
| 21 | They back off six inches and then charge like two bulls , with the female grasping the male by the bottom lip for a few seconds before he escapes . |
| 22 | Janine hesitated for a few seconds before she slipped into them . |
| 23 | The pump ‘ pinned us there for a few seconds before the other lads got it off ’ . |
| 24 | For a few seconds before you die , you 'll know what it was made us get rough with you . ’ |
| 25 | Cliff , the concrete contractor , and Tessa , the schoolteacher , were flipped off the paddle boat in a suck hole and held underwater by the boiling currents for a few seconds before their life-jackets brought them spluttering to the surface . |
| 26 | The horizon was a dark terracotta colour , the top of the dying sun just visible for a few seconds before it dropped out of sight and the sky doused the remaining light like a heavy black blanket . |
| 27 | He gazed calmly for a few seconds before he lifted his hand in greeting . |
| 28 | However , she only keeps it for a few weeks before it is handed back to the new Lady Mayoress by the sheriff for the price of a kiss . |
| 29 | Q I recently became the owner of a pond which I planted and then left for a few weeks before I put the fish in . |
| 30 | After I was at court I had to go back to Low Newton to wait for a few weeks before I could go to Styal prison . |