Example sentences of "before [pers pn] [vb -s] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gemma 's got a long way to go before she gets to eighty |
| 2 | Before she gets into the car , she turns around and thanks me with a squeeze of her hand . |
| 3 | I do n't like , just , I could n't be like Deirdre and , put me overall on and in go in without collecting me thoughts getting myself together Deirdre never arrives till about three minutes before she gets in the door , she 's putting her overall on saying come on ladies , its time were , but she 's putting her overall and on , and they all sit there looking at her and so |
| 4 | Just one wary night , before she goes to America , at Harriet 's weekend cottage in Norfolk . |
| 5 | She 'll watch it half an hour in the evening before she goes to bed if she gets the chance . |
| 6 | I do n't mean today I mean if she 's going in to London or something you know she 's got a base in London to do something in the morning before she goes on a call as opposed to some of them who have n't got a proper office space |
| 7 | This is what Lise does in Mother Simone 's kitchen in La FilleMal Gardeé and Cinderella in her kitchen before she dances with the broom . |
| 8 | ‘ But I rather think my modest , high-minded , fastidious , idealistic wife has a long way to go before she qualifies for that description . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Confidentially , ’ said Corbett , ‘ I must see the Queen before she returns to France . ’ |
| 10 | I 'm more like Cinderella , are n't I , having a couple of hours at a ball before she returns to the dishes ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Woman with a heavy period , demanding to see a gynaecologist before she bleeds to death . |
| 12 | You just may do before she comes for them . |
| 13 | ‘ She , with great dignity , accepted my invitation and she said that we wo n't wait for too long before she comes to Russia on an official visit , ’ he said later at London 's Hyde Park Hotel . |
| 14 | And Penman , removing her untouched pudding with a troubled air said , ‘ If you go straight through the garden and over that rise , Miss Alexandra , the shore all before you belongs to Bishopstow House . |
| 15 | There 's more to this than just finding Mike before he gets to Bernard , is n't there ? ’ |
| 16 | It may be , of course , that the intention is to numb his senses before he gets to the umpteenth and penultimate clause which requires him to foot the bill for the monstrosity . |
| 17 | In fact it might be better if I head him off before he gets to our place . |
| 18 | Now he says it will be some time before he gets over the incident which wrecked a close friendship . |
| 19 | But before he thinks about drifting off to the sun , Biggins wants another taste of cup glory . |
| 20 | Mr Lamont will be expected to respond by making a serious attempt to plug tax loopholes before he talks of increases in general taxation . |
| 21 | A player joining a new club during the close season or after the season starts will have to wait 30 days if joining a club two leagues higher or lower before he plays for that club in a Courage league game or 120 days if joining a club on the same level or one league higher or lower before he plays for that in a league game ; he waits 180 days if he is not a British passport holder . |
| 22 | A player joining a new club during the close season or after the season starts will have to wait 30 days if joining a club two leagues higher or lower before he plays for that club in a Courage league game or 120 days if joining a club on the same level or one league higher or lower before he plays for that in a league game ; he waits 180 days if he is not a British passport holder . |
| 23 | And probably they 'll have to crowbar him out of the sport before he quits on his own , he 's that enamoured of the business of driving cars fast . |
| 24 | yes , clever ride there , there oh God look at the state of him before he falls in |
| 25 | Vic sighs , hits the Off button on the clock , switches on his bedside lamp ( its dimmer control turned low for Marjorie 's sake ) , gets out of bed and paddles through the deep pile of the bedroom carpet to the en suite bathroom , making sure the connecting door is closed before he turns on the light inside . |
| 26 | But if the England manager deplored the lack of flair in the squad he took to Sweden then it can only be a matter of time before he turns to the Bart Man . |
| 27 | But after 27 days he has travelled 270 miles and on the 28th day he travels the remaining 30 miles and reaches land before he goes to sleep . |
| 28 | At least , not just before he goes to sleep . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ He 's going to kill us all , I think , before he goes to Mars . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Well — Mrs Crumwallis says he 's to have another dose of-of medicine before he goes to sleep . ’ |