Example sentences of "matter of [noun] before they " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only a matter of minutes before they heard an eruption in the tap room . |
| 2 | ‘ It may be only a matter of minutes before they break through . ’ |
| 3 | The Welshmen , crouching low and running like hares , overtook the two who led the laden horse only a matter of minutes before they were themselves overtaken . |
| 4 | The next day Professor Pearn , who was working in intelligence , came in to warn me that the Japs were breaking through from Taung-gyi and that it was only a matter of hours before they would reach Maymyo . |
| 5 | ‘ It got to the point where they were jumping on the bonnet and it would have been a matter of time before they ran over my roof . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ The goals I scored for Charlton and Wednesday were basically created by other players but I think it 's just a matter of time before they start going in again and it should help my game when Geoff Thomas is fit , ’ he added . |
| 7 | They set you up , they say you 're hot , and it 's only a matter of time before they 're saying you 're cold . ’ |
| 8 | It should only be a matter of time before they return to common sense and reason . |
| 9 | He saw that the humans were numerous and becoming more so , and that it was only a matter of time before they would eclipse the elder races . |
| 10 | Most electricity men were convinced that , just as in lighting they had outmatched gas completely , it was only a matter of time before they did the same in other uses . |
| 11 | ‘ Nothing yet , but I 've got a team working around the clock so it should only be a matter of time before they come up with the answers . ’ |
| 12 | And it would only be a matter of time before they came to investigate . |
| 13 | If we do not use these medications properly then it can only be a matter of time before they are withdrawn from availability and we lose a precious treatment for our fish . |
| 14 | But these are cropping up everywhere , and it can only be a matter of time before they become as common as the cold . |
| 15 | The other factor against a return was that I reckoned it only a matter of time before they stopped being DINKS ( double income , no kids ) and became WHANnies ( ‘ We have a Nanny ’ ) . |
| 16 | It 's only a matter of time before they charge him . ’ |
| 17 | It was an object lesson in finishing that would have preyed on the minds of the Belgian team at half time as they reflected on an opening 45 minutes during which it seemed only a matter of time before they took the lead . |