ADVERB
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in the near future
we should have news before long
the doctor will soon be here
she will arrive presently
the book will appear shortly
How To Use before long In A Sentence
- Before long the five-man dam burst. Times, Sunday Times
- Before long, fate delivered him to a vernissage where Régine Chassagne was singing.
- Certainly, more and more new plastics will come forth before long.
- Before long, mob bosses were wondering whether he should disappear on a permanent basis. Times, Sunday Times
- If you two are true-blue, before long you'll feel like you were never even apart.
- Both had highly promising futures and were expected to become permanent fixtures in the Springbok side before long.
- we should have news before long
- Will tried to conjure up their blissful months together but before long he spiralled back down again. Times, Sunday Times
- Before long he found that there would be no sea this way: nor anything but shops, houses, a cinema with an imposing Victorian front grandly labelled ASSEMBLY ROOMS, and the slate-roofed lychgate of a church. Greenwitch
- It is therefore not unlikely that before long Parliament may abolish the ultravires rule in company law altogether.
