Example sentences of "a few [noun pl] before [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ? ’ |
| 4 | A few moments before he died he rubbed his cheek against our hands desperate for our touch , like a kitten or a very young baby ; in the next he was once again the brave young fighter pilot , and , in a curiously jaunty gesture he put his thumbs up , as though telling control tower he was ready now for take off . |
| 5 | He sat in the driver 's seat to get the feel for a few moments before he started it up . |
| 6 | She turned to march away but got only a few inches before she was hauled back . |
| 7 | It seemed impossible that only a few hours before I had been happy in my cell at the aerodrome . |
| 8 | He called on me at the apartment a few hours before I left for the airport . |
| 9 | It would be a few hours before she could face Marguerite , and no doubt the girl , Marie , would be very quick to tell Alain 's mother that she had seen the Englishwoman wandering into the woods like a lunatic . |
| 10 | Mr Mekgwe was reportedly last seen in the company of three ANC men a few hours before he was due to give evidence . |
| 11 | It 's a few hours before he 's due onstage at the Tower Theater in Houston and Mister C is telling me , in a roundabout way , what his name stands for . |
| 12 | ELVIS PRESLEY 'S last letter , written a few hours before he died , was to an elderly woman he looked on almost as a mother . |
| 13 | Newman recalled briefly his experience at The Nag 's Head a few hours before he ended up in hospital . |
| 14 | You get the feeling that this is a film made as a gift from the writers to Brando , who probably fancied the idea of a few laughs before it 's too late . |
| 15 | You get the feeling that this is a film made as a gift from the writers to Brando , who probably fancied the idea of a few laughs before it 's too late . |
| 16 | ‘ Can I … you know , can I have a few minutes before we go ? , |
| 17 | A few minutes before we were all due on the first tee a tall and sturdy figure , crowned with a near-bald , sun-tanned head , appeared through the crowd . |
| 18 | It was only a few minutes before we decided on the Bell . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Fran murmured her thanks as the woman collected the dog and went on her way , but it was a few minutes before she followed her . |
| 21 | Professor St John Goth heard a door a few minutes before he last looked at his watch at twelve-forty-five . |
| 22 | He informs his head of security only a few minutes before he wants to go somewhere , not trusting even him . |
| 23 | Rather unfairly , as he had been very nice that morning , it was a few minutes before I remembered there was a third guest present . |
| 24 | He did this a few times before he realised the result would always be the same . |
| 25 | Hector McDarroch , on the other band , seemed to take a pleasure in showing off his grisly implements , filling the long-needled syringe right in front of my eyes and squirting the cocaine ceilingwards a few times before he started on me . |
| 26 | You may need to carry out the above exercises a few times before you get any results . |
| 27 | You 'll read that sort of round and round a few times before you get it straight in your head what 's |
| 28 | I only saw Stephen a few times before I went back to prison . |
| 29 | But I think I should ring a few times before I would arrange to meet him . |
| 30 | The pigs the mariners left on the islands probably looked at lot like the ancestral wild boars , and certainly when pink pigs go wild , it 's only a few generations before they 're muscular , nimble and fierce again . |