Example sentences of "time before [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before it was built we were very much under stress , because the church where we recorded was on a flight-path into Berlin , so we sometimes had to stop and re-record a passage five or six times before we got it right . |
| 2 | A piece of bread flake on a muddy bottom may need a foot or more , and the indication allowed to yo-yo several times before we can be anywhere near sure of hitting them . |
| 3 | Hopper , who plays bad guy Koopa , storms : ‘ The movie was re-written six times before we even started — now it 's re-written every day . ’ |
| 4 | Should a metal bar be heated ten times , a hundred times , or how many times before we can conclude that it always expands when heated ? |
| 5 | She actually I have to be I 've been to her house and she lives in the middle of nowhere I wo n't tell you where , she lives in the middle of nowhere in fact I drove past it three times before we found it . |
| 6 | Well yes , we did , we rang on Tuesday , we had a bit of a trouble getting through , I think we rung about seven times before we got through but er he , well , well he did n't say anything to me , everything I asked him he said yes to , but Steve |
| 7 | Probably they had n't been on stage more than half a dozen times before they were put under this microscope . |
| 8 | Mervyn had to repeat his observation three times before they understood , but he was determined that they should get the message . |
| 9 | But the horn was blown and the lady of the manor 's bailiff shouted ‘ out on ye ’ three times before they all changed their muddy boots and went home , happy to have maintained tradition for another year . |
| 10 | Their design had been changed several times before they were finally erected . |
| 11 | The manager had explained to him when he was taken on that the insurance people insisted the wharf was guarded at all times before they would agree to give cover . |
| 12 | It found that on average , women expect to be taken out to dinner ten times before they 'll have sex with a man . ’ |
| 13 | In 1316 , however , the southern clergy met three times before they finally capitulated towards the end of the year and authorized the collection of a tenth ; even then , it was to be delivered in two moieties , one in 1317 , the other in 1318 . |
| 14 | I had to repeat very simple sentences , six , seven , eight , ten times before they could repeat it . |
| 15 | Chew it many times before you swallow it . |
| 16 | You may need to carry out the above exercises a few times before you get any results . |
| 17 | You 'll read that sort of round and round a few times before you get it straight in your head what 's |
| 18 | You may need to run through it several times before you have a clear idea of the pitch . |
| 19 | Now we all know because we 're print buyers to a larger or greater degree but they 're clients they over-estimate they add about twenty five per cent more on than they need and you have to send them back to sharpen their pencils several times before you 've seen the estimate , they of course know that all print buyers are idiots who keep forgetting all the important things and do n't give them half the information they need like the weight of paper or the fact that there 's to be a pocket at the back so , I think if we got the man I think if we maybe started off with H M S O the print buyer which is more akin to what we are and say well you know these are the problems I 've got I 'm sitting with a six million pound budget buying for the whole of the government of Scotland and I have problems and these are the problems that I have , then we get to the wee man from who says now wait a minute boys I get the rubbish that you send out , that was the message and let's make it funny but slightly aggressive let's highlight the real problems because that 's what it 's about , we 're not here for a nice night we 're here to learn |
| 20 | He did this a few times before he realised the result would always be the same . |
| 21 | I 'll tell you this … three times before he went , Michael asked me for time to go up to London and said he was having problems with his visa . |
| 22 | She came three times before he did , her legs wrapped round him , her screams muffled against the force of his hand . |
| 23 | We repeated this four times before he was satisfied . |
| 24 | Hector McDarroch , on the other band , seemed to take a pleasure in showing off his grisly implements , filling the long-needled syringe right in front of my eyes and squirting the cocaine ceilingwards a few times before he started on me . |
| 25 | The door was shut and he banged on it with his knuckles two or three times before he heard a movement inside and the door opened . |
| 26 | The phone rang half a dozen times before he answered it . |
| 27 | He had bought a copy of The Times before he had come to The Randolph that morning , but hitherto had not even glanced at the headlines . |
| 28 | So he phoned up and he had to redial two or three times before he started . |
| 29 | ‘ A good many times before I 'd believe you . |
| 30 | I 'm sure I will have to sing the Marschallin 100 times before I fully understand the depth of the character . ’ |