• It was not long before their son was stagestruck himself, attending an acting school for children.

    BBC: Aznavour bids adieu

  • But it was not long before Ronaldo's tendency to attempt the ridiculous saw him downgraded from showman to show pony.

    BBC: Ronaldo was outstanding

  • It was not long before normal service was resumed, with Troughton cracking a six and 10 fours in an unbeaten 64.

    BBC: Bears give Kent mauling

  • However, it was not long before the Ibrox club registered a second.

    BBC: Dundee United 0-3 Rangers

  • And when he finally reached the summit, it was not long before Button felt he needed to move on to pastures new.

    BBC: Hamilton challenge excites Button

  • But it was not long before he was back in Croatia, this time taking on the role of director of youth development.

    BBC: Jozic the wanderer

  • That McAlister cameo showed just what a threat he was, though, and it was not long before that threat was converted into points.

    BBC: New Zealand 18-20 France

  • But it was not long before Tom Jones moved on to fame and fortune nationally and internationally with his second single, It's Not Unusual.

    BBC: Tom Jones had his first hit with It's Not Unusual in 1965

  • It was not long before Arsenal were applying pressure and Nasri's free-kick was clawed away before Chamakh rattled the woodwork with a close-range header.

    BBC: Arsenal 0-0 Sunderland

  • It was not long before a more sceptical view reasserted itself.

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  • Although Masuoka's group was the first to sell flash memory (in a product used in cars), it was not long before Intel completely dominated the market.

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  • The last time the US central bank cut interest rates, back in January, it was not long before the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee followed suit.

    BBC: Will UK interest rates now fall further?

  • And it was not long before they claimed their first try thanks to Tovey's cross-field kick which saw Harries go over in the corner for an unconverted try.

    BBC: Dragons 28-20 Ospreys

  • On returning to England, he ran the Conservative Party's research department before entering parliament in 1979, and it was not long before he became a minister under Margaret Thatcher.

    BBC: Profile: Lord Patten

  • With Lewis unable to find movement, it was not long before Tendulkar exploited his lack of pace, and he smashed four fours in an over to begin the onslaught.

    BBC: India victory keeps series alive

  • It was not long before Tendulkar took the lead again, however, blasting Afridi over cover, backward of and in front of point for three boundaries in as many balls.

    BBC: Sachin Tendulkar is bowled off an inside edge

  • And it was not long before the curse of Southgate struck the Gunners again when former player Aliadiere guided Tuncay's half-volleyed cross from the left high into the Arsenal net.

    BBC: Arsenal 1-1 Middlesbrough

  • Randolph comfortably held a Davis shot and a dangerous Weiss run came to nothing when the winger chose the wrong pass but it was not long before the visitors doubled their advantage.

    BBC: Sport - Football - Motherwell 1-4 Rangers

  • Because while the drug was taken off the market in the early 1960s as a cure for nausea, it was not long before researchers found it was remarkably effective in treating other conditions.

    BBC: Thalidomide: a curse and a blessing?

  • It was not long before the future British Open champion started tasting success after teaming up with compatriot Charl Schwartzel to win his first title at the World Junior Team Championships in 2000.

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  • Always a precocious sporting talent at school and a member of Bath RFC since the age of seven, it was not long before the centre broke into the top flight of the domestic game.

    BBC: Guscott: The darling of Twickenham

  • It was not long before Mastro requested another hearing before Kaplan, an acerbic but respected senior federal judge, who worked as a corporate lawyer before his appointment to the bench, by Bill Clinton, in 1994.

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  • He got the data entry job, but it was not long before he got bored of the daily monotonous task of sitting behind the computer, reading through heaps of old, dusty files, and keying in data.

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  • They began on 22-2 but it was not long before batting star Sachin Tendulkar was heading back to the pavilion after edging to wicket-keeper Adam Gilchirst to become Jason Gillespie's first of three scalps in the day.

    BBC: SPORT | Cricket | India battle against Australia

  • During his first week with the Derbyshire team, his blond hair was turned black after members of the senior team rubbed boot polish into his scalp, but it was not long before he was gaining the players' respect on the training pitch.

    BBC: Davies call-up long time in the making

  • To their credit, the hosts refused to buckle in the face of their exalted opponents, but the second half followed a similar pattern to the first and it was not too long before the Blues were ahead.

    BBC: Southend 1-4 Chelsea

  • He was wearing no tie, long before it was fashionable not to wear a tie.

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  • But don't be too quick to blame the team: "With a case like Russell, if he were not taken in the top two picks it would not have been long before he was, " Brandt says.

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  • It was Dr Bond's opinion that Farrow had a psychopathic disorder and was potentially an extremely dangerous individual, if his account of his fantasies was to be believed, and he said it may not be long before he committed serious offences against the occupant of a house.

    BBC: Stephen Farrow 'the psychopath'

  • He made it through eight holes before play was stopped because of 40 mph gusts, not long after Carl Pettersson hit a good lag that rolled another 30 feet by the pin and off the green.

    NPR: A Monday Finish Turned Into A Monday Start

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