Example sentences of "a [adj] time before [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of her Papers , a little time before her Death were communicated to several Persons of Rank and of distinguished Taste and Judgement , who were pleased to express a great Satisfaction in the View they had of promoting a Subscription … |
| 2 | ‘ We have a little time before my concert . |
| 3 | ‘ That last one were a long time before your time , Tom . |
| 4 | I paid every attention to her during a long sickness and , a short time before her death , she requested that I should make a mummy of her body , and keep her beside me — I have kept my word . ’ |
| 5 | A short time before his death Harry Chapman had left his Hampshire rest home to stay at Herbert 's home in Oakwood , Leeds , and the care with which he was attended in his last days showed his elder brother 's family loyalty and devotion . |
| 6 | Only a short time before his death in a road crash , I did an item with that fine singer Dickie Valentine . |
| 7 | John C. Francis ( of the Athenaeum ) recorded that , ‘ I had occasion to call on him a short time before his death , when we joined in a hearty laugh over his former furious attacks upon the Athenaeum . |