Example sentences of "several [noun pl] before it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It 'll be a few weeks and several meetings before it has established an official position .
2 It will be a few weeks and several meetings before it has established an official position .
3 A less intelligent horse may need a repeat occurrence or lesson several times before it remembers in the future .
4 A weight may be modified by both alternatives several times before it approaches a stable value .
5 Can do , it can take several months before it comes out .
6 Nonetheless , two microseconds is a long time compared with many things that happen in and around the atomic nucleus , and the muon has a chance to initiate several fusions before it dies .
7 The fort underwent several alterations before it seems to have been systematically demolished early in the second century .
8 It was several seconds before it dawned on her that his last words had been spoken in Italian .
9 Yorick screamed again — the high wail lasted for several seconds before it ended with a sharp report .
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