Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun] before we [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a bit of fun before we went back to London we got a boat trip round the harbour . |
| 2 | Brussels churned out five volumes of legislation before we joined the European community . |
| 3 | Since many of these services and facilities are , or were , wholly or partially within the remit of local government , it was only a matter of time before we focused our attention on local government for enhancement of such provision . |
| 4 | Surely some time should be given next week so that we can debate this issue , especially when , today , in answer to Question 4 , the Minister of State , Home Office told the hon. Member for Liverpool , Mossley Hill ( Mr. Alton ) that it would be a couple of months before we had the report from the law courts in Europe . |
| 5 | ‘ The band had only been together a couple of months before we started recording that album , so we did n't have time to think about it too much — we just went in and did it . |