Example sentences of "before they come to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before they came to Britain , Asian women from a peasant background were agricultural workers doing as much work on the land as men did . |
| 2 | I 've always fixed my hair the way that people had it before they came to me to have it styled and fixed . |
| 3 | That had been an awful tea they 'd had at five o'clock ; two slices of bread and fat , a slab of hard cake and a bowl of milk ; then nothing else , only a drink of water , if they wanted one , before they came to bed , and it only half-past seven . |
| 4 | rather they 'd finished them off anyway , before they came to us . |
| 5 | ‘ Stephen , ’ Anna asked quietly , ‘ did you go to see Sarah and Hassan in Australia , the night before they came to this country ? ’ |
| 6 | I mean before they came to the centre I think people felt Save The Children only did work in countries abroad . |
| 7 | It is the way they know they have to pass before they come to the triumph of Easter . |
| 8 | This is very largely because under this Government , maybe under all governments , Ministers are more and more departmentally conditioned before they come to these meetings … . |
| 9 | But they need to be reassured that in all countries results from research tend to be indirect and to take time before they come to fruition . |
| 10 | Both knights have to be bathed , shaved and properly clothed , and well looked after before they come to themselves , and Lancelot is ‘ sore ashamed ’ of his madness , and asks that it be kept from common knowledge . |
| 11 | There should be pre-qualifying tournaments around the country before they come to the nationals . |
| 12 | It is designed to enable system administrators to identify and fix problems before they come to most users ' attention . |
| 13 | It means that peasants do not have to learn a second language — French — before they come to grips with the written word . |
| 14 | Students should take every opportunity to discuss and read about the subjects they are interested in , before they come to the University . |
| 15 | ‘ Or do we hit them before they come to the boil ? ’ |