Example sentences of "with [pron] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parts of it were not raised with me before today 's debate . |
| 2 | that went out to erm making up argu , you know if you 'd fallen out with somebody you had to make up with them before the bells , and in fact what my granny did was to erm to empty the fire and to relay the fire for the new year |
| 3 | He was stationed in an old chapel in Chuckery because the Americans once they 'd started they were putting them everywhere or anywhere they could just get to be with them before V Day they were even in little chapels , churches , outhouses anywhere they could possibly and there were guns and bits of trucks on every spot of land where they could get them the er , I 'm getting out of context I was just thinking about a tank , a First World War tank that they used to have those as well in the field gun in the er arboretum which were disappeared soon after the war they went for scrap and they came and they used , people used to have a lot of wrought iron railings as well they took those as well they came along with burners and went off to the war effort , but er like I say the Americans and of course as kids they were very generous with kids and we absolutely loved them . |
| 4 | Crichton Smith avoids any overt psychological probing of Hector 's impulsive decision to flee his civilian job and join the army , of the sterility of his loveless marriage , and the contrasting warmth of his affection for his fighting men and presents instead a series of almost filmic images of orioles and hoopoes in the mountains of embattled Afghan istan ; of ghostly white dervishes attacking spindly-legged Sudanese troops ; and finally , of a heavy , tormented man , alone in a Paris hotel room , with nothing before him but disgrace and death . |
| 5 | She had obeyed sex , she had trusted sex , she had loved sex , and it had betrayed her , had deceived her , had left her sitting here , a middle-aged housewife , mother of three , playing cards , with nothing before her but old age . |
| 6 | Has he already been out to dinner with someone before coming here ? |
| 7 | I think even Billy knew you had to sleep with somebody before that happened . |
| 8 | Most agencies will discuss this with you before accepting a job on your behalf , and will be sympathetic to your needs . |
| 9 | I 'll get Miller to draft a statement for the media and tell him to clear it with you before release . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ There 's a couple of things I 'd like to talk over with you before tomorrow , ’ he said . |
| 11 | The companies which meet your criteria would be listed and reviewed with you before the shortlist in Stage 3 was compiled . |
| 12 | He spent just 100 minutes with her before heading back to Highgrove . |
| 13 | I 'll have a word with her before dinner . |
| 14 | Incidents directed against members of the government also occurred , and Prime Minister Edith Cresson on Oct. 21 ordered ministers to seek clearance with her before travelling to the provinces . |
| 15 | ‘ Did … did you … were you having an affair with her before Seville ? ’ |
| 16 | The man who killed officer worker Anna McGurk has told a jury he 'd been having an affair with her before her death . |
| 17 | Appearing with her before Wirral magistrates was Craig Blackwell , 23 , of the same address , who admitted allowing fraudulent use of the licence . |
| 18 | Eventually Mr Holdsworth was summoned to attend a Council committee at which he was presented with a list of 26 disciplinary offences , none of which had been raised with him before his suspension . |
| 19 | They tended to their horses and ate the flat , tasteless biscuits Thomas had brought with him before beginning their ride back . |
| 20 | Thomas quietly bought them another cup of coffee each , and they giggled when they realized it and clinked the thick coffee mugs with him before carrying on with their conversation as if he were n't there . |
| 21 | If he 's such a threat , I ca n't understand why you have n't dealt with him before now . |
| 22 | People would never put up with it before then . |
| 23 | Once you decide to get rid of a Windows application , it 's vital to make copies of any important data you 've created with it to make copies of any important data you 've created with it before embarking on a ‘ slash and burn ’ policy . |
| 24 | Sam put the Madonna to his lips and made the sign of the Cross with it before putting the chain about his own neck . |
| 25 | Budgets and terms of reference for each subsequent stage of assistance will be agreed with yourselves before starting an assignment . |
| 26 | C , play with themselves before going to sleep ? |