Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could n't have rushed passed me into the bedroom , seized the bottle as a convenient weapon — he could n't have known it was there , anyway — and then dashed back out to hit me before dragging me … do you see what I 'm saying ? ’ |
| 2 | Oddly enough , I did n't happen to be in my room again when Terry Wogan came to see me before the show on the second occasion . |
| 3 | And if they somehow suspected that I was picking up something valuable , why would any of them try to kill me before the pick-up ? |
| 4 | They will take approximately a week to reach this stage , so that while any traces remaining in a carpet could give rise to problems , a solid floor can be easily disinfected to kill them before this stage is reached . |
| 5 | The president raised his hand to silence them before going on . |
| 6 | It 's essential to try them before buying , because if you find the colour difficult to tolerate you 're unlikely to benefit . |
| 7 | Appropriate sociability means saying the right things to strike up a rapport with your client , helping them to relax , feel comfortable and get to know you before cutting the business . |
| 8 | In fact , the response was so uniform and repetitious that it started to irritate him before long . |
| 9 | The press scour whole countries for a sighting of the relaxing politician , and friends who might know where he is are propositioned with both money and arguments such as ‘ I am sure you will agree that it would be better for us to find him before the Daily Mirror ’ . |
| 10 | He then frantically tried to revive her before leaving her face down in a copse . |
| 11 | It would be nice to find it before 2 July . |
| 12 | If we decide er , at each point of the committee meeting I , I think we should be processing any and suggestion forms that procedure owners have received , in a reasonable time , in order for them to process it before that meeting . |
| 13 | The opening in time for August Bank Holiday Monday , possibly the busiest day of the year for Darlington shops , would give businesses the chance to establish themselves before the pre-Christmas onslaught in mid October . |
| 14 | He had tried to kill himself before being arrested . |
| 15 | He may have then reeled backwards and put his bloody hands on the wall to support himself before carrying on with his killing spree . |
| 16 | Farr-Jones was clearly in a mood to enjoy himself before joining the Barbarians to take on the All Blacks at Twickenham on Saturday . |
| 17 | Check that the fascia boards are worth repairing : if they have started to rot , you will have to replace them before starting on the guttering . |
| 18 | However , those with more computer expertise can type them in any order , if they wish , and use the SORT component of the TA programme ( see below ) to alphabetise them before printing out . |
| 19 | He had toyed with the idea of marriage , flirted with it only to tease her before his godmother 's death . |
| 20 | An ambulance crew tried to resuscitate him before taking him to Arrowe Park Hospital where he died soon afterwards . |
| 21 | This must be sent back to the returning officer by hand or by post so as to reach him before 9.00pm on polling day at local government elections and 10.00pm at parliamentary and European Parliament elections . |
| 22 | How close it approaches a food item is dependent on several factors , because the bream , in common with other bottom feeding fish , has the facility of extending lips which it uses to suck and blow a food item to clean it before consuming it . |
| 23 | Having set off in great style from Salzburg in their own carriage , they were now so impecunious that they were obliged to sell it before the frontier and go on by postchaise . |
| 24 | Indeed , all of Mrs Crump 's not inconsiderable bulk seemed determined to contract itself before the Honourable and her movements , her voice , her gestures declined in decent proportion to her increased sense of intimacy . |
| 25 | I want to see you before lunch . ’ |
| 26 | I might be back in time to see you before coffee if not I 'll see you |
| 27 | I still pray to God to help me before every race . |
| 28 | Anyone who handled the King 's money was ‘ charged ’ with the revenues he had received or collected and had to acquit himself before the Barons of the Exchequer by showing what he had done with it . |
| 29 | One contestant was knocked out of the ring and into the orchestra pit , landing in the mouth of the big bass horn and unable to extricate himself before the count of 10 . |
| 30 | William would be lucky to extricate himself before midnight . |