Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Dead long before it was dead . ’ |
| 2 | Ron was virtually dead physiologically before he achieved a consistent recognition of the severity of his state . |
| 3 | ‘ My daughter goes back to school this week after the half-term break and she really wants to know Penny is all right before she goes . |
| 4 | It ca n't go on for ever because characters such as the Fat Slags ( right ) can only go on so long before the joke starts to wear thin . |
| 5 | It just says that we have to make the the call for nominations so long before we put out the selection ballot . |
| 6 | That 's with me , seeing that it was so long before it was diagnosed , that 's why my feet and hands are still paralysed . |
| 7 | It 's been a long time since you left us , but you 're more than welcome though on your return and do n't be so long before you come again . |
| 8 | I count it a double honour to represent Framlingham this afternoon and to offer you a welcome back , a welcome into our homes which we look forward to seeing you on Saturday and we are so thrilled to think that so many of you have made the journey back to visit us and I echo the sentiments of another speaker , do n't let it be so long before you come again . |
| 9 | cos , had her twopennorth , put this together brilliantly before he left |
| 10 | There were things to be said and asked , things they both needed to understand , but she was n't inclined to risk such a potentially traumatic discussion now , so shortly before she had to go out and be both professional and sociable . |
| 11 | ‘ Felicity , ’ said Julia , suddenly remembering the morning they had spent together just before she fell ill . |
| 12 | Dusty Springfield was wearing new shoes , with very high heels , and was terrified that she 'd slip , so just before she was due to go on , one of the team was dispatched to look for some scissors to scratch the soles with . |
| 13 | The , the bright city lights that 's not what makes people uproot their , uproot their lives and go and move somewhere else , they are after economic betterment and that 's the driving force er behind migration so just before we leave the non economic factors what might they be ? |
| 14 | It was , in fact , completed only shortly before the College was moved elsewhere , the palazzo becoming a government building . |
| 15 | of perhaps my characteristics cos I tend to go in to work at eight o'clock just before I write any more in and I do have to clear everything before I even start the day . |
| 16 | ‘ A wall of water over forty feet high , ’ she repeated , recalling the roaring which had made her ears ache , and had grown unbelievably loud just before the wall hit her home . |
| 17 | The Yorkshire boxers ' misfortune at having to box twice so soon before the N-E Counties finals can only help the N-E division winners , who laid on another fine night of boxing at Gateshead Leisure Centre on Friday . |
| 18 | The rider spurred for the edge of the covert , immediately in front of Nora , arriving there only just before the fox broke . |
| 19 | He jumped , but only just before he was pushed . |
| 20 | He had n't much longer before he ceased to function . |
| 21 | She had only once before raced at a distance beyond two miles , in the Jockey Club Cup at Newmarket in November 1905 , when she had won , hard held , by half a length from Bachelor 's Button . |
| 22 | He saw her and felt — as only once before he had felt — the dizzy vertigo of a fathomless falling-away . |
| 23 | She had recognised him instantly , though she had seen him in the flesh only once before and that had been across a crowded ballroom . |
| 24 | The observer 's readiness to modify is admirably honest ( Mr Palomar is a nice man ) and ultimately exhausting : the process of adjustment can go only so far before atrophy threatens . |
| 25 | They both were astonished that so far no indication of trouble had come from the town common ; but reckoned that it would not be long now before it did , for a few escapers from the castle had been glimpsed running in that direction . |
| 26 | But it wo n't be long now before all our fondest hopes will be realised . ’ |
| 27 | It should n't be long now before we know which one of you is the most suitable donor . ’ |
| 28 | Well , wo n't be long now before they 're in school , another , another year ? |
| 29 | It wo n't be long now before it 's off . |
| 30 | ‘ It does n't matter , Julia , ’ said Anthony with a return of the impatience he had shown so often before she got ill . |