Example sentences of "[conj] before you [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Give me that before you land yourself in worse trouble . ’ |
| 2 | Right good and you should always check that before you draw it just in case your pie chart comes out and put , put that up in the air a bit I 'll just show you that , those are good there , but up in the air like that |
| 3 | Surely my brother told you that before you hired me ? ’ |
| 4 | The ego , as says , is open to the outside world and furthermore to stimulations from inside , from inside the body , that reach it through subjective sensations like hunger when you need food , or fear when something threatens you , and cognitive er awareness like er okay you realize that before you have your lunch you 're gon na have to go to the bank to get some money to pay for it . |
| 5 | Everybody gets on with their own lives and old links get used less and less till they 're forgotten , and before you know it , people are dead and gone and it 's too late . |
| 6 | THERE 'S A nice little guitar strum courtesy of Kurt Cobain , then David Grohl hits home with the sticks , Chris Novoselic 's bass grinds in and before you know it you 're powerless against the euphoria of one of the year 's truly excellent songs ; ‘ Smells Like Teen Spirit ’ . |
| 7 | Now , I 'm a pensioner , and I think it 's a scandal what we get for a pension after all the years that you , you fight for you , you put away for your old age , and before you know it you 've nothing ! |
| 8 | One minute Jesus is a sort of cross between Batman and Captain America , next thing he is ‘ just a bloke with a few special powers ’ , and before you know it he is a deranged Jew with a no more than ordinary claim on our imaginations . |
| 9 | How many of you have lost weight , reached a plateau and before you know it you 're back where you started ? |
| 10 | Just when you thought it was safe to explore the inside of your owner 's washing machine , she slams the door shut and before you know it you 're hurtling through a 1200 spin cycle at 60 mph . |
| 11 | And before you know it you 're packing your case and ironing your spotty frocks , ready for jetting off into the sun . |
| 12 | One thing led to another , and before you knew it , there we were … on the bridge , with the Cup , pursued by the cops . |
| 13 | Now — you woke up with a sense of relief and surprise that you were still there , you got up , brushed your teeth , and before you knew it you were watching television . |
| 14 | it was very clever , I watched the first couple because people who like Harry Enfield 's comic characters switched on , just to see what he was like and before you knew it you were twenty minutes into a half hour programme and you stuck with it to the end . |
| 15 | ‘ Ah , but I need to know for sure , you see , because I have some doubts , and before you ask me why I should be so concerned I will assure you that this time it is partly for my own self-esteem that I would like to know . ’ |
| 16 | It is essential to do this while the interview is still fresh in your mind and before you see someone else who will inevitably erase what you remember of the previous applicant . |
| 17 | And before you leave us I want you all to hear what the Senior Medical Officer said to me half an hour ago . |
| 18 | And before you realize it you 're halfway through your interview , and you think , Oh God . |
| 19 | She stood up : ‘ No , I did n't ! — So he could n't have done it , could he ? — And before you say owt , he could n't have looked her up in the phone book 'cos she 's ex-directory ! — And anyway , he told me to go round there today and get her to put her money in the bank . |
| 20 | I 've seen her several times and before you rang me at the theatre , she had promised to find out where you were and tell me . ’ |
| 21 | These text handling capabilities are adequate for most uses , but the font list is rather limited and the font window does n't show you what the font looks like before you select it . |
| 22 | But before you pack your briefcase , heave a sight of relief , turn out the lights and close your office door behind you , remember to complete the enclosed booking form for our National Conference on 4 March . |
| 23 | But before you know it , you 're right in there hammer and tongs , defending yourself against an onslaught of outrage and invective . |
| 24 | But before you install one , especially of the coal or gas-burning variety , which needs the correct flue conditions so that harmful fumes are expelled , there are a few things you must check . |
| 25 | But before you tell me about it , frankly I 'm in need of a stiff drink . |
| 26 | But before you left her , you wrote her some letters perhaps . |
| 27 | ‘ So it is , ’ she agreed , ‘ but before you go I want to give you something . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Certainly , but before you go I would be interested to learn whether Mother managed to convince you that your grandfather was to blame . |
| 29 | ‘ Dana sent you this enclosed in a letter to me , but before you open it I want you to know that Dana means no more to me than a rather troublesome sister-in-law-to-be . |
| 30 | You 've thought about it — for maybe a whole five seconds — but before you give him the thumbs up , runs these ten questions by him — it 's better to be safe than sorry . |