Example sentences of "before she can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the second example it may be that the person has to deal with the surrounding bereavements before she can clear the ground enough to look at what was probably the major one . |
| 2 | The Queen of the Night must understand these instincts , if she is to have control over them ; she must know her own wildness , and sense within herself the vigilance of the owl and the cunning of the fox before she can bring them into her domain . |
| 3 | Before she can answer , they are engulfed by a crowd of young warriors , who want to hear the rumours of the lion hunt and the fight that it provoked confirmed . |
| 4 | ‘ I love you ’ , and before she can answer I hear my metallic other self respond , ‘ I love you . ’ |
| 5 | Before she can eat , Snow White assumes the authorial voice , insisting that the other characters are her inventions , and that it is she who has always held the real power . |
| 6 | I think too that she wants to run before she can walk . |
| 7 | A woman who has given birth must immerse herself in a mikva before she can resume sexual relations with her husband . |
| 8 | I was going to tell her about proper beef stock , but the girl has to walk before she can run . |