Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun] before it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was all sorts of processes before it got to that and after it got to that stage . |
| 2 | The project was the last to be approved by the Department of Energy before it disappeared . |
| 3 | The Birmingham Railway Museum was known to be losing some £20,000 per year before it started the innovative programme , but have now used the windfall to wipe out a £90,000 overdraft . |
| 4 | ‘ Love me , Ace … ’ she whispered in his ear , painfully trying to keep hold of that insubstantial thread of feeling before it evaporated between them . |
| 5 | No reed was to be mown for thatch before it had two years ' growth . |
| 6 | She 'd been a sort of feminist before it became fashionable ; never had much time for all that sisterly stuff , but she was positive she was as good as any man and she 'd prove it … |
| 7 | Ruth swallowed a small wail of despair before it got out . |
| 8 | Alvarez was fully aware of the ‘ bad news ’ part of the equation-the muon 's brief life which only allowed it to catalyse a handful of fusions before it perished . |
| 9 | Meanwhile Eddie Stratton was to enthuse about a quick stroll around the centre of Oxford before it got too dark , and an invitation to accompany him was accepted by Mrs Brown , a woman with whom he 'd become friendly on the tour , and who probably felt a little flattered to be asked . |
| 10 | Barry had also composed the music for The Knack , and raised the idea for Billy with producer Peter Witt over lunch a couple of years before it materialized . |
| 11 | It had been a couple of days before it dawned on him : they were the full-size versions of the houses and station buildings he and his father had made up for their never-quite-finished model railway layout . |
| 12 | Once we did not know where the Battlebus was going to stop during a tour of Suffolk until minutes before it arrived . |
| 13 | ‘ The locomotive for our London to Glasgow train was based in Leicester , ’ Mr Gisby says , ‘ so it had to come from Leicester to London before it did any work . |