Example sentences of "long before he [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the infuriating thing was , I 'm sure that horrible man believed me long before he admitted it . |
| 2 | It was not long before he asked her to marry him , and the widow happily accepted him . |
| 3 | First of all he persuaded her to work in Bonanza 's joint , and it was n't long before he persuaded her in other directions . |
| 4 | He knew she was there long before he saw her . |
| 5 | And he prepares for his encounter with his mate long before he meets her . |
| 6 | Odd-Knut has never seen one either , but that is less of a surprise as the noise and smell of his dogs frighten most animals away long before he spots them . |
| 7 | He 'd already found her ; found her long before he found me ! ’ |
| 8 | Long before he appeared I had heard children saying |
| 9 | But long before he reaches him he recognizes him — from the way he 's sitting , sprawled back in an armchair with his feet on a coffee-table , reading an ancient Amazing Science Fiction ; from his spectacles and rumpled hair ; from the fact that he 's taken his shoes and socks off to cool his feet , and tossed them down on the coffee-table ; from the way he does n't look up , even as Howard comes right up to him , goggling head leading the way , unable to believe his eyes . |