Example sentences of "long before i was " in BNC.
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| 1 | My years of dancing , beginning long before I was anorexic , have made me very body-conscious , both in how my body looks and how it feels . |
| 2 | It was not long before I was ensconced in the dining-room with a pastis and looking forward to dinner . |
| 3 | Back in Moose Jaw , busy with newspaper and radio work , it was not long before I was engaged in preparing and delivering a series of illustrated talks on musical appreciation on Wednesday evenings to audiences of 900 or more in the public auditorium of the Technical School . |
| 4 | I only knew one of my grandparents , Grandmother Tapper , as the other three had died long before I was born . |
| 5 | In truth there was no connection , for my original family name was Sillitoe , but , long before I was born , my father had adopted Breakspear as his stage name and I had really known no other . |
| 6 | Fortunately , it was n't long before I was approached by other people to set up a new gallery . |
| 7 | ‘ Together with my improving physical state it was not long before I was engaged in a voluntary capacity as business counsellor with the local Business Development Venture for which I served for five absorbing years quite happily . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Together with my improving physical state it was not long before I was engaged in a voluntary capacity as business counsellor with the local Business Development Venture for which I served for five absorbing years quite happily . ’ |