Example sentences of "[noun pl] before it [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been abandoned by its parents before it even hatched . |
| 2 | For The Silmarillion at least , though not published till 1977 , four years after its author 's death , was in existence as a ‘ narrative structure ’ not long after the First World War , while a version of it was submitted to George Allen & Unwin for publication forty years before it eventually came out . |
| 3 | ( It took another four years before it limply reached the screen with Richard Benjamin . ) |
| 4 | There may be a latent period of 30 years before it actually erupts . |
| 5 | The event demanded the most stringent virtues before it even began : patience , perseverance , reverence . |