Example sentences of "[pron] [art] [noun sg] before [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I think they tried to drug me the night before I rode Shine On at York . ’ |
| 2 | Only a prisoner and the nurse had spoken to me the night before I cut myself . |
| 3 | The official responsible for explaining this stance hanged himself the week before I read this book . |
| 4 | ‘ I suppose I should have given you the choice before I took matters into my own hands . ’ |
| 5 | They use it to help prepare themselves for the interview — i.e. to get to know you a bit before you arrive and work out the questions they are going to ask you . |
| 6 | ‘ Then if you 're ready , shall we move , as I do n't imagine you can bring yourself to offer me a drink before we go ? ’ |
| 7 | Are you going to leave me a couple before you go on and take the |
| 8 | ‘ He told me a fortnight before he came out that he 'd be coming to me . ’ |
| 9 | Well give me a shout before yous go . |
| 10 | give me a shout before you disappear . |
| 11 | Now , give me a whiskey before we go to bed . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd make sure he saw me every time before he went out the door . |
| 13 | There was one little bit of leftover , as you 've given me an opportunity before I depart , and that was that erm we did discuss earlier today , under this heading the possibilities of erm their being sites on the inner edge or between the built up area , or there might become sites between the built up area and the inner edge of the greenbelt , I think the implication was they may be in Ryedale . |
| 14 | This is how my mind works : If I leave at 10.30 that gives me an hour before I go to sleep to stuff myself . |
| 15 | And then , because she could n't bear to quarrel with him the night before she left for a new life , she said , ‘ I 'm wearing your mother 's brooch , Fran . |
| 16 | Police never traced a scruffy looking man seen with her the day before she died . |
| 17 | Fleury had been expecting that Louise would pay him a visit before she retired to bed . |
| 18 | She seemed to study him a moment before she spoke . |
| 19 | Talked to him a week before he died . |
| 20 | ‘ Chignell , you will collect Miss O'Brien 's luggage and find her a porter before you do anything else , ’ said the autocrat ; and then the train slowed down . |
| 21 | Leonie 's GP Dr Jonathon Rayner saw her a week before she died in July and told the inquest there was no indication her condition was life-threatening . |
| 22 | I 'll give her a sedative before I leave . |
| 23 | She refused to let him come with her , but reluctantly agreed that either he or Shelley could call and see her every day before she went out or undertook any exercise other than gentle walking . |
| 24 | talk about it a bit before you start it . |
| 25 | So I 'd just ask yourself the question before you react untoward towards a situation like this . |
| 26 | Our customer certainly thought so — she gave us the cheque before we left ! |
| 27 | I , I , I ordered a camera and expected it to be with us the week before we went . |