Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] before i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thankfully , I decided to go home before I really cracked up . |
| 2 | I waited for three buses to go past before I got on to one . |
| 3 | While driving my car I am able to say to my passengers that I am about to turn right before I have actually done so . |
| 4 | It seemed an eternity before Dad arrived home at one o'clock and he hardly had time to get indoors before I blurted out just what I had discovered . |
| 5 | ‘ No , ’ Kate says apologetically , ‘ they said I did n't need to bother to learn any before I came . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ When I was offered a place I was so pleased I did n't have to think twice before I accepted . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ She will have to say so before I take her back . ’ |
| 8 | I thought I 'd seen something like it before but the woman came over and I had to move away before I could look at it more closely . |