before long

Example Sentences

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But before long the security men hauled in the bodies uncovered, marked with numbers signifying which prison or security branch they had died in, along with a number assigned to them.

From The Wall Street Journal

The building had a little patio where residents would gather, and before long, Matt and I started running into each other there.

From Los Angeles Times

But it looks like conditions are in place to push it on toward the next milestone of $5,000 an ounce before long.

From Barron's

But, before long, Allen hears of a relationship her husband appears to have with "Madeline" - a pseudonym - which falls outside their arrangement.

From BBC

"They prepared you to kill and to sacrifice yourself," he says, adding that before long, this fetishisation of death began to take hold on him.

From BBC