Example sentences of "minute before they " in BNC.
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| 1 | FORMBY always looked the better side but had to wait until the 85th minute before they gained their just reward , Paul Proctor scoring . |
| 2 | It was only a matter of minutes before they heard an eruption in the tap room . |
| 3 | It falls to the floor , an ugly little lump of metal , and the boys sit transfixed for minutes before they eat again . |
| 4 | She had drunk very little , a small glass of wine while they were eating and another ten minutes before they came in . |
| 5 | It took several minutes before they were ready to leave , and even then Mabel hovered in the doorway , saying plaintively , ‘ You wo n't be long , will you ? |
| 6 | Having seen their fish swimming around in a tank or pond only minutes before they eat it , the Cantonese know how fresh it is . |
| 7 | It was ten minutes before they met . |
| 8 | It was not seconds but many minutes before they climbed to the top of the road and came out into fresher country , and the farm was there , nestling in the late sunshine , the fading light turning its stone , creeper-clad walls to amber . |
| 9 | In 1987 they had been informed only 45 minutes before they were expecting to hang that a stay of execution had been granted 20 hours earlier . |
| 10 | It was five or ten minutes before they and the studio audience could control themselves . |
| 11 | The blindfolds were removed and their ankles were untied but it was minutes before they could stand , much less walk . |
| 12 | ‘ It may be only a matter of minutes before they break through . ’ |
| 13 | For example , patients waiting in an out-patient department knowing that it will be 30 minutes before they are seen may be happier than those who wait half as long , not knowing how long the wait will be . |
| 14 | He rang off , and it was only minutes before they heard the chug of the engine of his jeep coming down from the hills in the still of the morning . |
| 15 | The Welshmen , crouching low and running like hares , overtook the two who led the laden horse only a matter of minutes before they were themselves overtaken . |
| 16 | well , she friend in the morning , so she goes to our friends so she 's there for about twenty minutes before they |