Example sentences of "for a few [noun pl] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Nigel felt they were close for a few moments before the customary iciness set in . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | Innumerable country spires turn bronze amid newly ploughed fields of copper , just for a few moments before the ball disappears . |
| 6 | He sat in the driver 's seat to get the feel for a few moments before he started it up . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ? ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | In toads , for instance , the males sit on the backs of females for a few days before the female lays her eggs . |
| 11 | I looked after him for a few days before he died . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The fighting continued for a few seconds before they realised that it was no longer dark . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Janine hesitated for a few seconds before she slipped into them . |
| 16 | The pump ‘ pinned us there for a few seconds before the other lads got it off ’ . |
| 17 | For a few seconds before you die , you 'll know what it was made us get rough with you . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He gazed calmly for a few seconds before he lifted his hand in greeting . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He designed and built it specially for his wife because she 'd always wanted to live by the river , but she only had time to enjoy it for a few months before she died . |