Example sentences of "[verb] before [pers pn] can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first task with a coin , as with any other artefact , is to try to establish its date and attribute it to a place of manufacture and authority , since we must know where and when it was made before it can give us any information about the past . |
| 2 | I must have at least a dozen dresses made before I can shew my face in town . |
| 3 | In its present form it would be of some value to the company historian but in public institutions , its status as a record , and therefore its management needs to be decided before we can determine its retention . |
| 4 | So what are we supposed to do before we can turn our hosepipes back on ? |
| 5 | How many more times will it take before I can convince you I have n't seen or heard anything remotely suspicious ? ’ |
| 6 | As I 've indicated before you can divide them into patha and physiological effects and membrane damage more specifically than what I said before membrane damage is the i i is a particularly important thing . |
| 7 | The Wallises report that the telephone regularly rings once or twice and then stops before they can answer it . |
| 8 | Because you might they might say before you can do anything you 've got ta give them this fourteen days notice . |