Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] before [pron] reach " in BNC.
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| 1 | He screamed that he would give himself to the Devil if he caught the girl before she reached home . |
| 2 | He had to get to the postman before he reached the cottage . |
| 3 | Shaw , Black and Lulu all cheekily carved their own slices of the cake before they reached the matronly age of eighteen . |
| 4 | The police arrested all of the group before they reached home and they , the army authorities and NIO knew that the paramilitary organisations were not involved in any way . |
| 5 | The night before they reached the tributary of the Baleh river they sought , Balbindor overheard a significant exchange between father and son . |
| 6 | Anglian Water Authority claims that the water drawn off from the lake is still safe despite these problems because of the treatment it gives the water before it reaches people 's taps . |
| 7 | Siporax is placed at the heart of gravel which pre-filters the water before it reaches the sintered glass . |
| 8 | Aim at getting it down onto the ground before it reaches the bank , hooding the clubface by setting the hands well forward , to reduce the effective loft of the club . |
| 9 | He seated himself beside her , seemingly unaware that a rag doll and two lead soldiers had occupied the chair before he reached it . |
| 10 | He knew of course that he would never be able to halt the train before it reached the bridge and he had his guard 's safety to think about . |
| 11 | The air was all fresh on my face , I could be a loon myself , fling my arms about , shout across the mud-flats ( they looked just like the muddy backside of yesterday 's elephants ) and listen to my shout dissolving in the air before it reached the other side . |
| 12 | A secondary market exists when the original depositor , holder , wishes to sell the CD before it reaches maturity . |
| 13 | I need n't have bothered ; Casey crosses the road before he reaches us . |
| 14 | Quite suddenly Tweed pulled in at the kerb before they reached the hotel . |
| 15 | We cut down to the riverbank before we reached them and walked along the water 's edge out of sight of the buildings above . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , engine design improvements are continuously helping to reduce the problem before it reaches the tail pipe . |
| 17 | It moved over to the north before it reached the camp , so that we never heard much of the thunder . |
| 18 | It only describes what happens to the system before it reaches its final state , which in our example was 50°C . |
| 19 | For instance , attention has recently been drawn to the inadequate provision of screening for cervical cancer despite the fact that this service could provide the means of identifying early forms of the disease before it reaches its incurable and lethal stage . |
| 20 | That is so even if the defect ( e.g. salmonella ) was present in the produce before it reached the industrial processor . |
| 21 | Madge hopes to find a buyer before she reaches her 80's . |
| 22 | She did n't doubt that Travis would follow her as soon as he could , but her hope was to reach a village before he reached her . |
| 23 | ‘ When — when I go back — next week , ’ Jenna said in a rush before they reached the house , ‘ will you come to collect me or do you want me to get to Paris by myself ? ’ |
| 24 | They had only three or four NCOs who had seen action before , and 50 replacement troops had never fired a rifle before they reached Sparrow Force . |
| 25 | Yeah , if you think you might come to the end of a conversation before you reach the end of the tape , they 've rather you put a new tape in . |
| 26 | The Imperial is marked with an X , If you were starting form the shop turn left down Elland Road and keep going straight ( uphill ) for quite a way before you reach a T junction . |
| 27 | The Imperial is marked with an X , If you were starting form the shop turn left down Elland Road and keep going straight ( uphill ) for quite a way before you reach a T junction . |