Example sentences of "[noun] a [adj] time before " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There was a meeting of local conservatives a short time before Prime Minister John Major visited the province in April with Sir Patrick Feldon . |
| 2 | The vehicle was hijacked in the Shankill area a short time before the shooting and later abandoned at Slieveban Drive , Andersonstown . |
| 3 | They made love a third time before falling into an exhaustion that was beyond pleasure , their naked bodies sprawled together , arms and legs tangled , and when they woke up late the next day Damian made love to her again until her eyes closed and she shuddered in hot delirium against him . |
| 4 | Howard waved his hand a third time before speaking his mind . |
| 5 | The moving mass of mainly Medau and Navy blue clad figures was a very encouraging sight to the hard working girls of the Kent Committee who had spend a long time before the event and on the day itself making sure all went according to plan . |