Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] long before " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It is interesting that Hahnemann discovered this method of dissolving insoluble materials such as gold , silver , platinum and so on long before colloid chemistry was ever dreamt of . |
| 3 | I was n't with her all that long before the mother came back in the car . |
| 4 | It wo n't be all that long before Susan marries and then I 'll be a great-grandmother . |
| 5 | ‘ It means you could n't have arrived in Seal Haven all that long before I found you . |
| 6 | Carrie sat around the bed with her mother and Fred chatting for a while , and it was not too long before they saw Joe Maitland coming down the ward . |
| 7 | It was already clear that Britain 's early post-war experience bore similarity to that of the United States , and it was not too long before it was evident that Britain 's experience was part of a wider set of tendencies to be seen not only in Europe but also in other world urban systems . |
| 8 | It was not too long before the Mountain Rescue team arrived , accompanied by police and a young lady doctor . |
| 9 | It was not very long before she was free of them altogether . |
| 10 | It was not very long before I came to see it as simply one fad among others . |
| 11 | I was n't there long before things started to happen . |