Sentence examples similar to Not long before now from inspiring English sources

Not long before, he lived at the eye of a hurricane; now he receives visitors at his leisure.

Not long before her death, Sumaya posted a message to Facebook that now makes me queasy to think about.

Not long before he died, Albini had announced that fashion was dead, "that it was only about styling now," Tonchi says.

Not long before Christmas, Todd Bates drowned.

Not long before their challenge begins.

But England had lost two crucial line-outs not long before and they  faltered again now.

It was Wednesday afternoon now, not long before the Capitals boarded their chartered plane, bound for midtown Manhattan and the Eastern Conference semifinals.

"They are part of British life now," said Hill not long before he died.

The play is Barking in Essex, a dark comedy written in 2005 by Clive Exton, a mainstay of TV dramas such as Poirot and Fry and Laurie's Jeeves and Wooster, not long before he died but never performed until now.

"Had the trade unions employed their industrial muscle on this issue long before now we wouldn't be where we are now.

In an interview not long before he died, Thorpe remarked: "If it happened now, the public would be kinder".