Example sentences of "will [be] before [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We go the long way ; who knows how long it will be before we come this way again ? |
| 2 | I wonder how long it will be before we take that train again ? |
| 3 | Tottenham 's dilemma was well chronicled last year , but one wonders how long it will be before they return to the same situation . |
| 4 | We are also very strongly influenced by our expectations ; if we have heard and understood half a sentence , it seems that our brain is already guessing at what the rest of it will be before it is heard , and is certainly not acting in a passive way like a simple machine . |
| 5 | In a run down on the style of deference he anticipates ( which I note will stifle any critical point from ‘ below decks ’ ) , he talks about his length of tenure and how long it will be before he can ‘ escape back into the real world ’ . |
| 6 | I wonder how long it will be before she gets tired of working there ? ’ |
| 7 | And how long it will be before she says Dad do you think you could put the radio on . |