Example sentences of "and before [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These individuals die or are sterile , and before long the whole local population is likely to be driven extinct . |
| 2 | Three thousand were added to the Church on the day of Pentecost ( 2:41 ) , and before long the number of male believers grew to about 5,000 ( 4:4 ) . |
| 3 | Already for nearly a century the syllabub had been keeping company with the trifle , and in due course the trifle came to reign in the syllabub 's stead ; and before long the party pudding of the English was not any more the fragile whip of cream contained in a little glass , concealing within its innocent white froth a powerful alcoholic punch , but a built-up confection of sponge fingers and ratafias soaked in wine and brandy , spread with jam , clothed in an egg-and-cream custard , topped with a syllabub and strewn with little coloured comfits . |
| 4 | Owing to its underground atmosphere , it advertised itself for a period as ‘ London 's Only Bohemian Rendezvous ’ and before long the business of drinking took over from chess . |
| 5 | I caught a waiter 's eye and before long the drinks arrived ; they were greeted with anything-but-ragged cheers , in which the comic wholeheartedly joined . |
| 6 | But Dreadnought , let alone all her other weak places , had been holed amidships by a baulk of timber , and before long the water poured into her with a sound like a sigh and she went down in a few seconds . |
| 7 | The girls took advantage of the boys ' sudden inability to catch or shoot and before long the game was over and the girls won 12–8 . |