Sentence examples for then long before from inspiring English sources

But even then, long before Blunt was unmasked as a spy, there were dissenting voices.

Then, long before he turned to the right — even to what critics called the fascist right — Hearst had loftier ambitions.

Even then, long before the great reckoning of 2007-8, hadhan an inkling of what was in store.

Back then, long before the shale boom, oil was $15 a barrel and dwindling American oil production was shaking up the industry.

If, say, a tumour was growing somewhere then, long before any existing methods can detect it, the combination of metabolites from the dividing cancer cells will produce a new pattern, different from that seen in healthy tissue.

Thus my advice to pals heading to South Asia is to appraise the itinerary with a ruthless eye and then, long before heading to the airport, strike something off.

It was over long before then.

But his contribution began long before then.

I knew it would be eaten long before then.

His lawyers hope to get him out long before then.

The markets are expecting action long before then.