Example sentences of "before he [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the astonishing fact is that Malcolm Allison , soccer 's oldest boss at 65 , has revitalised a Bristol Rovers side that had won only two of 16 games before he took over from the sacked Dennis Rofe a month ago . |
| 2 | A young Roman Catholic soldier from the Lancashire Fusiliers was billeted on him for two summer months of 1941 and never forgot the joyful singing which used to accompany Ramsey 's washing and shaving before he went off to the cathedral each morning . |
| 3 | I see so there would be if he was this would be at the end when you know this was n't he did n't ever do anything like that before he went off to the w w during the war ? |
| 4 | We 'd have a respite of about a fortnight if we were lucky before he went down with the next one . |
| 5 | It was an illusion of tired eyes , but before he got back in the car he stood , his collar open , looking up at the sky where there was nothing to see but black , and let the water splash down on his open face , his wet shirt clinging to the skin of his chest and belly . |
| 6 | Before he stepped up for the most nerve-shattering moment of his career Guennady Grishin had kept his nerve to fire the Russians into a 4-3 advantage . |
| 7 | Is he arguing — as he seemed to be before he lurched off into the quotation — that no examination result should be made available to Scottish parents ? |
| 8 | " Andrew Stavanger is a fine shipping man — his family owned the fleet before he sold out to the group . |
| 9 | He jumped the queue at the ticket counter — his stub realized $I8- but he went on standing there in line , his head babyishly lolling with impatience , before he peeled off into the store-flanked tunnels . |
| 10 | ‘ We ‘ ave to go after that German and kill ‘ im before he catches up with the captain . ’ |
| 11 | Forester checked the drawers and cupboards before he moved through into the main room . |
| 12 | The star reincarnates his No Name as an avenging ghost in a High Noon -style rotten community , forcing them to paint their town red before he stands up to the killers who are about to ride through and finally saving the place only by burning it down ( a process the US army tried in Vietnam ) . |
| 13 | He got to his feet in one sinuous movement , stretching hugely , his arms above his head , before he sank down in the chair opposite . |
| 14 | It caught him full in the middle of his back , throwing him into the air before he crashed down on the cobbles . |
| 15 | I should have realised that from the fact that Micky said ‘ Oh Lord ’ — an expression , incidentally , that was n't in the script of the play and that he had never used in his life — before he turned round from the Hooded Owl and looked into the wings . |
| 16 | Transfixed by the sudden intensity of his gaze before he turned back to the Empress , she was totally unprepared for what happened next . |
| 17 | He shot a quick look sideways at her before he headed back to the road . |
| 18 | The only ones I 'll let go are Carly and Bill , they 've got ta catch a plane , er train , and Justin 's got to come back before he heads back to the hotel . |
| 19 | Before he sets off for the next stage , he 's sharing his seafaring experiences . |