Example sentences of "for [noun pl] before [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It falls to the floor , an ugly little lump of metal , and the boys sit transfixed for minutes before they eat again . |
| 2 | We 're going to get jobs , of course , but we may have to keep you waiting for ages before we can settle your account . ’ |
| 3 | Some form of processing ( amplifiers ) will be used in a long-distance system to ‘ boost ’ the signal level every so often to make up for losses before it is sent on its way again . |
| 4 | This immediately limited the number of towns that could be planned , for most English towns have developed from villages , and their sites had been partly built on for centuries before they developed into towns . |
| 5 | It is recommended for on-the-spot checking for animals before they enter the herd and those with repeatedly high cell counts . |
| 6 | That seems to me , a very evil thing , if people are kept in prison for months before they 've been found guilty . |
| 7 | I knew her for months before she admitted , in a low voice , what her job was — as if she were some sort of traitor to society . |
| 8 | If this facility is available , the map should be displayed on a graphics display terminal and checked for errors before it is sent to the film writer . |
| 9 | The diaries are proof of the work involved , for days before he would be discussing the hanging arrangements , the framing and the other arrangements to be made . |
| 10 | The monkeys had to be deprived of their regular food and accustomed to the peanuts for weeks before they would take them with any readiness , let alone treat the nuts as rewards for appropriate behaviour . |
| 11 | His father and I owned and ran the Ontario Raceworld magazine for years before we sold it to a conglomerate . ’ |
| 12 | I had a first class team of managers , with Eric Newton as head of the engineering section — he had been doing the job for years before I even joined the Branch — and Dick Westlake , who was a former colleague in KLM , as one Principal Inspector . |
| 13 | He went on , ‘ Matt lived here alone for years before I came on the scene . |
| 14 | But that means waiting for years before you can get part of your investment back , and your ex-wife will be faced with finding a new place with limited funds . |
| 15 | Don had been experimenting for years before he took out the patent in 1970 and significantly stated that ‘ The difference in camber and relative incidence on the central fore and aft sections serves to stabilise the kite in pitch ’ . |
| 16 | For years before he died , one day in May last year , the ultra-respectable Brian Courtenay had a mistress on the side . |
| 17 | ‘ For years before he married Elizabeth I do n't think anyone came to the house except for the old men on Sunday after chapel . |
| 18 | I imagine he had dreamed of doing what he came to do for years before he tightened up his courage . ’ |
| 19 | lady Victoria , curator of the Burghley House collection , will talk about Japanese porcelain : Kakiemon treasures and there will be time for questions before we break for coffee . |
| 20 | The Profitboss has a nose for opportunities , for problems before they occur . |
| 21 | We had to make absolutely sure that her dressing-room number was kept secret , and tracker dogs checked for explosives before she arrived . |
| 22 | By building the picture up slowly in this way , the patient is not suddenly confronted with demands for details before he has settled comfortably into the personality and environment of the person he once was . |