Example sentences of "[det] time before " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should like to know this time before the horse-boys do . ’ |
| 2 | After THAT book comes THIS film Madonna again getting her kit off , this time before she was famous . |
| 3 | The company said that complex negotiations were proceeding quickly but it would be some time before there was progress to report . |
| 4 | The trade gap looks appalling and it may take some time before we see a significant drop in consumer spending . |
| 5 | While BT can be pleased that it bought into McCaw at a much lower price than today 's going rate and that it will be difficult for other overseas companies to enter the US domestic market , it will be some time before its investment begins to yield a return . |
| 6 | Although the opposition has no experience of sheltering such a prominent figure underground , Mr Devaty 's move appears to have caught by surprise not only his friends , but the country 's creaky legal machinery , and it may be some time before his non-appearance prompts a full-scale police hunt for him . |
| 7 | When he left Williams for Ferrari , I remember Frank Williams reminiscing at his annual press luncheon that he had fond memories of Alan Jones and Keke Rosberg , but that it would be some time before he had similar memories of Nigel . |
| 8 | For some time before this heavy clouds had increased and in the west the sky had become a dense purplish-black , a range of mountainous cumulus against which the outlines of buildings took on a curious clarity and the trees stood out livid and sickly bright . |
| 9 | It was some time before Wexford could decide whether it was a man or a woman and when he realised it was a woman he called out a brisk , cheerful good night so that she should not be afraid . |
| 10 | As I 'm sure you 'll understand , when I first came to see this awful situation I was consumed with a feeling of frustration — knowing , as I did then , that it could be some time before we 'd be in a position to intervene . |
| 11 | Even if it may be some time before they are commercially acceptable , pioneer work is essential if our planet is to feed the teeming millions of people who will live on it by the twenty-first century . |
| 12 | He did not immediately contemplate any drastic change in his filmmaking aesthetic , since his first Hollywood picture , Rebecca ( 1940 ) , was based on a British book and used British actors , and it was some time before he made a completely American picture . |
| 13 | Sole , of course , came to the attention of leading English players some time before he won his first cap against France ( an 18-17 win ) at Murrayfield in January 1986 . |
| 14 | Mr Patten said this would put Britain in front of Europe but acknowledged that it may be some time before it can be implemented . |
| 15 | It was some time before the door opened and closed in a muffle of lowered voices . |
| 16 | It was some time before he realized that he had been fooled . |
| 17 | The way the Minogue sisters are likely to carry on working , it could be some time before they get the chance of another shopping trip . |
| 18 | No doubt he sees this as a stage in his learning to win again , but all the time , he is learning instead to derive small satisfactions from losing — a skill he will have discarded some time before he won the Weembledon ( he really did pronounce it like that ) Junior Championship , all of 20 years ago . |
| 19 | The small group of diplomats — the first foreign envoys in the republic — arrived two weeks ago , but it will be some time before their presence is felt . |
| 20 | It will be some time before Stewart can begin on the interior decor , but the furnishings are likely to be medieval in flavour , if contemporary in colour , with heavy tapestries draped from the walls and fittings boxed into the panelling . |
| 21 | It will be some time before I forget the sight of Greg Hicks in a mini-skirt , fishnet tights and Rod Stewart wig , first furiously threatening Lillibet with a knife and then chewing up a wine glass in his torment . |
| 22 | In fact there is nothing fixed about such interpretations , because the way the fossils are understood may change over the years , but it is usually some time before new discoveries percolate into the popular presentations . |
| 23 | The poem is not addressed to Artemisia and is , on that account , probably from some time before that friendship commenced . |
| 24 | ‘ It will be some time before the results of the experiment can be applied ; not until the child reaches maturity can we evaluate our findings . |
| 25 | Although much research is underway to achieve this , it will be some time before these are available on a national level . |
| 26 | It was some time before the police learnt to react to these invasions by stealing the skins ' bootlaces and in some cases their braces . |
| 27 | But it was to be some time before he began putting his interest to any practical application . |
| 28 | I do n't know how bad he really is ; I only know it will be some time before he 'll be able to come out and take you away and , what is more , work for you . |
| 29 | It was some time before they had Liam fit to drive the cart home . |
| 30 | It may be some time before the movement is strong enough to help the environmentalists in any significant way , both to save the Adriatic and to reinstitute sustainable and more human agriculture in the Po Valley . |