Sentence examples of "not long before" in English
It was not long before we met again by chance.
Il ne s'écoula pas beaucoup de temps avant que nous nous rencontrassions de nouveau par hasard.
Not long ago we heard a father say in the presence of his large family, "I don't want any of my boys to be lawyers."
Il n'y a pas si longtemps, nous entendîmes un père, dire en présence de sa famille étendue : « Je veux qu'aucun de mes garçons ne soit avocat. »
It won't be long before we can live together.
Ce ne sera plus long avant que nous puissions vivre ensemble.
Primitive calculating machines existed long before computers were developed.
Il existait des machines à calculer primitives longtemps avant le développement des ordinateurs.
Long before Darwin's theory of evolution, Buffon had surmised that species evolved very slowly under different material circumstances.
Bien avant la théorie de l'évolution de Darwin, Buffon avait présumé que les espèces évoluaient très lentement selon différentes circonstances matérielles.
Airplanes are audible long before they are visible.
On entend les avions longtemps avant de les voir.
It won't be long before we can travel to Mars.
Ce ne sera plus long avant de pouvoir voyager vers Mars.
"Are scientists close to cloning a human being?" "Not by a long shot."
«les scientifiques sont-ils sur le point de répliquer un être humain ?» «Loin de là.»
It'll be a long time before she gets over her father's death.
Il faudra du temps avant qu'elle ne surmonte la mort de son père.
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