Example sentences of "before i could [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh a long time , er , matter of years really before I could settle down at , as I say to me it was roots |
| 2 | I think it will take a long time before I could go out on my own , ’ Mr Norrie added . |
| 3 | ‘ I stopped just behind you but before I could get out of the car you were well away . |
| 4 | A decision had to be made ; or maybe it already had been made by Copper , because if he had decided to lie down before I could get back to him his leg would have been broken irreparably . |
| 5 | The annual camp for secondary schools Cadet Corps gave me my first holiday away from home , but I was so homesick that a fortnight seemed an impossibly long time before I could get back to my parents and family . |
| 6 | It was a couple of hours before I could get back to Eleanor Darcy . |