Example sentences of "before [pron] [verb] [pos pn] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was n't long before I had my first bite which was a 3 lb 7 oz chub . |
| 2 | It was not long before I started my next voyage , on 7th September , 1710 , as captain of my own ship this time . |
| 3 | I had been something like eighteen years in the ordained ministry before I preached my first sermon on Mary . |
| 4 | Only two days to go before you complete your third week of this Inch Loss Plan . |
| 5 | We had to go ten years before we got our first increment of 2/6d . |
| 6 | Seven years passed before they opened their second office , in Los Angeles . |
| 7 | Does that mean even before they pay their first premium ? |
| 8 | He 's off sick today , from today , how long will it be before he gets his first cheque from us . |
| 9 | Before he made his next call , Der Dicke put on his underwear . |
| 10 | Even before he reached his nineteenth birthday , he had begun to make a name as a choreographer , and one of the works he made then is still danced : only a trifle , but full of the wit that was one of his gifts . |
| 11 | Roberto had tears running down his face before he played his second shot . |
| 12 | PRESIDENT Bill Clinton last night pledged to maintain the special relationship between Britain and the United States before he began his first meeting with John Major . |
| 13 | While I came to the Arctic when I realized that climbing , my first love , was losing its appeal , Tony was born to the area , loving it , one might believe , even before he saw his first photograph of it . |
| 14 | He was a protégé of Sir William Chambers , who saw to it that he worked in every artistic department , including that of interior decoration , before he designed his first house at the age of eighteen . |
| 15 | Sole , of course , came to the attention of leading English players some time before he won his first cap against France ( an 18-17 win ) at Murrayfield in January 1986 . |
| 16 | We were very grateful to Tim Rodber for turning out for us against Harlequins the week before he won his first cap . |
| 17 | He played 138 consecutive League matches in the top flight before he missed his first game , through sickness , at Wolverhampton on 14 October 1972 . |