Example sentences of "of [noun pl] before they [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only a matter of minutes before they heard an eruption in the tap room . |
| 2 | ‘ And it took four years of trials before they did , ’ McGeechan grins . |
| 3 | He 'd done a couple of circuits before they stopped . |
| 4 | Klatzky , Clark and Macken ( 1973 ) found that children learned nonsense words for the positive , extended , ends of dimensions before they learned their negative counterparts . |
| 5 | Unless their captor had a secret supply of them , Peter reckoned he would be out of smokes before they moved . |