Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the [noun] just before " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when he gets a break from the circuit just before Christmas , he 'll be taking wife Anne and baby George to Florida so that he can train in the sun . |
| 2 | Sadly , my father had to find work in the Gulf just before the last war and died out there when I was three years old . |
| 3 | The train carrying the body of Cadogan West gave a lurch as it passed over the points and the curve in the rails just before Aldgate Station . |
| 4 | The definitive account of this belief was presented in the Book of Daniel , written long after the return from the Babylonian Exile under the stress of danger from the Seleucids just before the Maccabean rising in the second century BC . |
| 5 | Gazza headed home Signori 's free kick to tie the scores at 1-1 in the first half but took a knock on the ankle just before halftime and was less influential in the second half . |
| 6 | Precisely this eventuality had been considered at the highest level in the days just before the war ended . |
| 7 | However many of the group 's participants were extremely disappointed that the Chairmen of the Welsh Development Agency and the Development Board for Rural Wales withdrew their support from the statement just before its publication , despite their officers having contributed fully to its preparation . |
| 8 | Taking Salisbury by storm : General Sir Peter De La Billière sold over 700 copies of his study of the Gulf War , Storm Command ( HarperCollins , £18 ) , at the Ottakars branch in the city just before Christmas . |
| 9 | Three minutes later Simpson ran on to a back pass , he got his foot to the ball just before Gosney , he collided with the goal keeper , but full marks the goal keeper , he grabbed the ball at the second attempt , and once again , the chance had gone . |
| 10 | Swirl a little cream into the soup just before serving . |
| 11 | But , after a chilling encounter with a member of the Stasi just before the fall of the Wall ( we see it in a flashback ) , she has come running back to England , her marriage and her Christian belief in tatters . |
| 12 | Thereafter only Ward on the final afternoon played with any real confidence and it was fitting that he should score the only century of the tour just before the end of the match . |
| 13 | It was the same expression he 'd had when backing away from the struggle around the campfire just before Osvaldo — his beard still smouldering — had put him under arrest . |