Example sentences of "four [noun pl] before [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately Stuart died that night of severe internal and spinal injuries after having lain in the corrie for four hours before being airlifted . |
| 2 | They were kept waiting for four hours before being given clearance to cover the Match of The Century ( starring Paul Gascoigne ) . |
| 3 | A member of my staff for instance , trying to report sickness absence , told me yesterday that she dialled our number and had to wait more than four minutes before being answered . |
| 4 | It was considered that the larger Devon found in Somerset formed a link to the big , powerful ploughing oxen of Sussex which , even in the mid-nineteenth century , were regarded also as valuable beef makers , worked only for three or four years before being turned over to the fatteners . |
| 5 | This is illustrated by the case of a girl who experienced a tremendous shock some three to four years before being seen at the homoeopathic out-patient clinic . |
| 6 | ‘ For four years before being appointed full time I sat as a recorder so I have really been sitting in the crown court for 17 years , ’ said Mr Hewitt , whose work on the North Eastern Circuit has taken him to courts from Humberside to the Scottish and Lancashire borders . |