Example sentences of "long before she " in BNC.
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| 31 | She was beginning to be more than a bit worried about the expenses involved in her escape , and hoped it would n't be too long before she could escape back to anonymity and London . |
| 32 | But the woods were dank and damp , and every icy , unexpected drip on to her hair or down the back of her neck made her regret having left her umbrella behind long before she reached the tower . |
| 33 | There was much more of the same but it was not long before she found what she was looking for . |
| 34 | It was in 1956 that Leigh-born Dorothy first joined the typing pool at the UKAEA and it was n't long before she was promoted as secretary to Jim Stewart , then Head of the Authority . |
| 35 | Moreover , she thought a great deal about what she was going to do long before she began working , and it had become possible for her to execute a painting with great precision . |
| 36 | It was n't long before she heard Douglas 's car draw up on the short gravel drive . |
| 37 | How long before she let the heartbreak show … ? |
| 38 | I was accustomed to a lonely bed long before she left me for someone else . ’ |
| 39 | School is something Sophie 's been looking forward to for ages , and it 's not long before she 's settled in . |
| 40 | Long before she had come to the end of her story Charlie was saying , ‘ You 're a wonder , Becky Salmon , a positive wonder . ’ |
| 41 | Neither of the girls understand fully what is going on around them and in Scout 's case , her incomprehension is sometimes comical , for instance , Jem grasps long before she does that it is Boo Radley who was putting the gifts in the tree as a friendly gesture from him to them and he lets Scout continue to wonder long after the reader has also guessed it was Boo Radley . |