Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] before [be] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He and his friends would deliberately allow the quicksand to take them up to their knees before being extricated by the other members of the gang . |
| 2 | The offences took place between 1977 and 1983 with boys then aged between 11 and 13 , some of whom had been abused by their parents before being taken into care . |
| 3 | exerts a strong indirect influence on the other ten African departments , all of these having been established by the DET or one of its predecessors before being granted ‘ independence ’ . |
| 4 | They now have to ballot their members before being able to call a strike . |
| 5 | The connection between modern architecture and tyranny awaits its historian , but it is worth reflecting on the mentality of Le Corbusier and his acolytes before being too harsh on the servile Romanian architects who competed for Ceauşescu 's favour so that they could take charge of the vast projects he had in mind . |