Example sentences of "before [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of my occasional tests of 500 GP bikes end before I would like them to , simply because my arms can no longer resist the braking g-forces and I 'm likely to get flipped off . |
| 2 | I then noticed how large the Wrasse had grown , snatching the food from my fingers before I could offer it to my other fish . |
| 3 | I do n't know whether you 'll think I 'm boasting but that is n't the case , but I never ever regretted it and it a great deal of respect for me , you know and I could see that and did appreciate it and I know the people appreciated it just the same and erm it 's gone on from then till now but about , I retired in seventy-three , I was sixty-five and I said I 'd only do what anybody wanted for me , cos they had me in for the tax and I never ever heard twenty-one I think it was or thirty-one in come and I 'd go before I could satisfy them at Walsall but er I 'd got , not got enough money to be taxed in the bank , which was true . |
| 4 | I was so surprised that I involuntarily pulled up slightly and I passed over him before I could get him in my gunsight again . |
| 5 | I laughed , and she 'd gone off the line before I could ask her about her health . |
| 6 | I do n't have to speak to 25 people before I can reach her on the phone . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll be in touch , ’ he said vaguely and though it was a long time before she would admit it to herself Sally knew it was all over . |
| 8 | But now , with only a little while to go before she must join him in the sitting-room , she was starting to have second thoughts about the wisdom of accepting . |
| 9 | The Queen of the Night must understand these instincts , if she is to have control over them ; she must know her own wildness , and sense within herself the vigilance of the owl and the cunning of the fox before she can bring them into her domain . |
| 10 | As with all young people she had to make something of herself before she could offer anything to anyone else . |
| 11 | The sound of the car caught Theodora 's attention before she could plot it with her eye . |
| 12 | Before she could fit it in the lock the door opened . |
| 13 | Robyn opened her mouth , but before she could put it to the test he clamped a hot sweaty palm over her lips . |
| 14 | I 'll put them in the bin then , ’ she replied , but before she could get them off the cart he handed us the balloons . |
| 15 | He had the passenger door open before she could free herself from the seatbelt . |
| 16 | He was smiling to himself — some private joke — and it made her anger rise swiftly , but he went on before she could take him to task . |
| 17 | But , before she could find it in the darkness , he switched on the bedside lamp , and her face flamed with colour as he turned to look at her , his eyes darkening as they swept freely over her nakedness . |
| 18 | This story was a favourite of the headmistress of her primary school , so she heard it often at Morning Prayers , and long before she could see it as a parable , she already felt shock before its injustice . |
| 19 | Lucky for me that I got out before you could entice me into the ultimate folly of going to bed with you . ’ |
| 20 | Is there a qualifying period before you can present yourself for examination ? |
| 21 | She said , I do n't care whether you are at university , there are certain areas that you need to know a lot more background before you can do it at this level . |
| 22 | Assuming that you have determined that the line is biased to starboard , and you therefore want to start near the starboard end of the line , there are still a number of considerations which you must take into account before you can put yourself in the right place as the gun is fired . |
| 23 | As I 've indicated before you can divide them into patha and physiological effects and membrane damage more specifically than what I said before membrane damage is the i i is a particularly important thing . |
| 24 | I had in mind the possibility of a UK registered Concorde crashing into the sea just outside the three mile limit of some State while making an approach to land there and possibly the Russians or some of their friends commencing to salvage it before we could do anything about it . |
| 25 | The monkeys had to be deprived of their regular food and accustomed to the peanuts for weeks before they would take them with any readiness , let alone treat the nuts as rewards for appropriate behaviour . |
| 26 | But he realised they needed much more evidence before they could arrest him for murder . |
| 27 | Weenie was all right , but Mum had a ruptured spleen and died before they could get her to hospital . ’ |
| 28 | Yeah , and there 's another couple of guys and they were saying that how strict the training was when they first took it on you know that the their masters used to beat them and everything , into submission , s said they had to have complete submission before they could train them to be what they were , you know , bring them up , teach them and train them |
| 29 | Nowadays almost all employers require one before they will call you for interview . |
| 30 | Perhaps the shopkeeper should have a panic button under the counter to press during such a confrontation , and while humouring the shopper by pretending to go and look for some grey ones , stout men could rush in and restrain the customer before he can make it to his Access card . |