Example sentences of "[conj] before i have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had you phoned well I did n't know if you 'd phoned after I 'd rung you , or before I 'd rung you . |
| 2 | Her back stiffened , and she turned on Hilda : ‘ People are going to realize that before I 've finished . ’ |
| 3 | He told me that before I had come to live with him he never listened to the radio for fear of hearing a song she had liked to sing or a piece of piano music she used to play . |
| 4 | In this particular Mess I had hardly sat down before I felt completely at home , and before I had finished the meal , I had made up my mind that if this particular unit would have me , this was where I would stay . |
| 5 | At one point , the German countess emerged from the midst of the gentlemen and before I had had a chance to serve her , began helping herself to some port from my tray . |
| 6 | Nevertheless on arriving in Sydney I was brought into the Theosophical Centre , and before I had been there a week found myself a very interested enquirer . |
| 7 | and before I had time |
| 8 | In order to test my reaction , and before I had received my copy , Michael had typed it out and sent it to me , almost as if it might be one of his own efforts , and I had reacted with some reserve . |
| 9 | Er previously I 've had , held the license of Three Fishes at Lyddon er , for three years er , previous to that I held the license of the Mason 's Arms , with for three years previous to that and before I 've been connected with the catering and licensed trade from be fifteen . |
| 10 | But before I 'd managed a single moan , Charlie pre-empted me . |
| 11 | But before I 'd got very far with my story he shrugged his shoulders and said he did n't believe me . |
| 12 | But before I had finished this wearisome task , the cheque arrived out of the blue . |
| 13 | I heard a voice say , I then realised that the voice was mine , but before I had chance to retract the offer the JM publicity machine had roared into action and there were posters advertising the ride in every office . |
| 14 | Whereas before I had more or less ignored the game and engaged myself in gossipy conversation with whoever was E ) laying opposite me , I now began to act out a parody of the ludicrous pastime in which I found myself , tackling everyone in sight , yelling for the ball to be passed to me , jumping up and down , and generally getting in everyone 's way . |
| 15 | Not that I wish to say , he wrote , that everything is inevitable , on the contrary , I wish to assert emphatically that nothing is inevitable and nothing was inevitable , neither what I did nor what I thought , neither what I felt nor what I suffered , yet everything was necessary , a necessary beginning and necessary Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) is misleading , since it was only after I had begun that I knew I had begun , while before I had begun , before the 27 July 1967 , there was no beginning , as there was no end , there was no time and there was no freedom from time , only endless cups of coffee , endless cups of tea , endless biscuits and endless bacon sandwiches . |