Example sentences of "a long [noun sg] before " in BNC.
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| 31 | While this was a good thing , such improvements were at first only superficial , and it was a long time before everyday living conditions in deaf boarding institutions and day classes were of acceptable standard . |
| 32 | You did it a long time before anybody else . |
| 33 | ‘ That last one were a long time before your time , Tom . |
| 34 | She seemed to lie in bed for a long time before falling asleep . |
| 35 | Tissue culture , an ancillary method with a particularly high profile , ‘ was first used for vaccine production in 1949 , a long time before the present demand for alternatives . |
| 36 | Although the RAF had standard instrument panels from 1936 onwards it was a long time before the merits of this tidy arrangement really caught on in the USA . |
| 37 | Or perhaps it had been clear a long time before that . |
| 38 | She had looked at Sylvie for a long time before speaking . |
| 39 | If you plant a crop , it 's quite a long time before it |
| 40 | At the Warwickshire Eyre of 1221 , one Reginald was found not guilty of the rape of Margery daughter of Aelfric ‘ because a long time before this he had her of her own free will , and again two years afterwards in the house of her father , and they say no cry was raised . ’ |
| 41 | And even then it was a long time before the implications of the theory for massive stars were understood . |
| 42 | But I 'd been careful for a long time before that , because I 'd sensed something . |
| 43 | The tsar was well aware that the legislation left much to be desired and delayed publishing it until 5 March , the first day of Lent : " alarmed by the prospect of riot , " wrote an admittedly hostile contemporary , " he hesitated a long time before choosing a day for promulgating the sham freedom and eventually chose the day when it was least of all expected " . |
| 44 | Some of them are rather like cave paintings are n't they and have they 've got this from my a sort of tedious association of the drawings and pictures and er Catherine 's it seems to be suggesting that animals were around , animals and other creatures were around a long time before human beings and that human beings are in some ways intruders therefore in their in their world . |
| 45 | Most of the , what has happened I think , over the last two and half years , that I 'm aware of , erm , is basically happening a long time before that , I , I ca n't say yes or no . |
| 46 | Finney had known Harwood for a long time before finally working with him on the film of The Dresser . |
| 47 | The moving mass of mainly Medau and Navy blue clad figures was a very encouraging sight to the hard working girls of the Kent Committee who had spend a long time before the event and on the day itself making sure all went according to plan . |
| 48 | He waits a long time before seizing her , getting to know her habits and other information about her , but she is really a complete stranger who has never met or loved him , unlike Daisy and Gatsby who at least know each other before the book begins . |
| 49 | Who wants a long Grace Before Meals ? |
| 50 | And I have a feeling- ’ She now drew in a long breath before resuming ‘ And it 's more than a feeling , it 's a certainty that , although we 're leaving here , being forced to leave here , we 'll return , for this is our home . |
| 51 | His face had grown pale at the harshness of the rebuke and he drew a long breath before replying . |