Example sentences of "[noun] before i came [prep] " in BNC.

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1 He went on , ‘ Matt lived here alone for years before I came on the scene .
2 ‘ A particularly heartening statistic when I checked the figures before I came to the Netherlands was that this market — with a relatively small population of only 15 million inhabitants — continues to be the biggest export market for Wedgwood in Continental Europe , ’ he said .
3 ‘ And I had to lose a good , good woman before I came to my senses .
4 A lot A lot of well quite a few people and I mean th have been in the flats way before I came to .
5 BILLY BREMNER : ( Leeds , Hull , Doncaster and Scotland — 1959-81 ) : ‘ He was a hero at Elland Road a long time before I came into football .
6 So's to be out of the house before I came into it . ’
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