Example sentences of "a [noun sg] before be [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | After serving in the US Army in Vietnam in 1969-71 , Gore worked as a journalist before being elected to the House of Representatives in 1976 and to the Senate in 1984 and 1990 . |
| 2 | Northern Ireland minister Michael Mates was also a regular before being sent to Ulster . |
| 3 | Spontaneous recovery occurred within one hour , during which time the animals were kept warm by infrared heat from a lamp before being returned to the standard conditions of the animal house . |
| 4 | Bearing in mind that the new Speaker served as a deputy before being elected to her new post we could be looking at the next Speaker of the House of Commons . |
| 5 | Bearing in mind that the new Speaker served as a deputy before being elected to her new post we could be looking at the next Speaker of the House of Commons . |
| 6 | He was rushed to the intensive care unit at Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool where he remained for a week before being transferred to a rehabilitation ward . |
| 7 | He was rushed to the intensive care unit at Liverpool 's Alder Hey Hospital where he stayed for a week before being transferred to a rehabilitation ward . |
| 8 | MANSUR MUHAMMAD AHMED RAJIH : a 34-year-old writer and poet , he was held without charge or trial for over a year before being sentenced to death in 1984 after an unfair trial on false criminal charges . |
| 9 | He was then able to sleep for about half an hour before being taken to theatre . |