Example sentences of "[adj] [art] [noun sg] before [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was nearly half a minute before we took in the situation , and then it was too ludicrous . |
| 2 | She had no problem in finding the turning which led her along an unadopted road for half a mile before she drove through open gates up a steeply ascending drive past lawns on several different levels until she finally reached a gravelled circle in front of Penry 's house . |
| 3 | It was half a mile before he accelerated level with the Montego in front . |
| 4 | He had to drink half a bottle before they dared even ask him a question . ’ |
| 5 | Living by himself , he had stopped taking milk : he never got through half a bottle before it went sour , since he drank coffee black and seldom ate cereals . |
| 6 | It was half a year before she saw him again . |
| 7 | for half a moment before he dives |
| 8 | G. is pleased with the response at the company — not only do they report as soon as possible when they 've got a pollution , they let him know about the progress they make : ‘ I 've got them so well trained now they 'll be phoning half an hour before they have a discharge . ’ |
| 9 | As P had previously been cautioned , and also cautioned before interview on the further charge only half an hour before he came to write his statement , it might not have occurred to them that a further caution was necessary . |
| 10 | Exactly who , or what , triggered this Titanic blast , or what exactly was going on half an hour before it went off , we are not told . |
| 11 | In spite of this , it was half an hour before she came downstairs dressed up to the nines in a pin-striped trouser-suit , her hair caught up in a turban of white silk . |
| 12 | It took half an hour before she came across it , moored by a small wooden landing stage . |
| 13 | She 's supposed to take them half an hour before she has any to eat . |
| 14 | She stunned the medical team by attempting to make conversation for more than half an hour before she lost consciousness . |
| 15 | Wash your face at least half an hour before you go outdoors . |
| 16 | Bill Francis had rung me from Marcus half an hour before I got back . |
| 17 | We will leave it to Goldberg to disengage the tone from the shit , he wrote , we will leave it to Honeyman and McGough , much good may it do them , though I will no doubt come back to the question before my project is completed , the big glass and the notes to the big glass , these two to be worked on at night , and this freewheeling commentary on both to be written by day , putting down whatever comes into my head after a night 's work , no correction , no revision , whatever comes into my head , the first two to be worked on by artificial light , the strategy clear , this by natural light wherever possible , no strategy at all , the first to be exhibited , the second to be published in the form of sheets in a box , a blue box or a red box , I have not yet made up my mind , in a limited edition , not a luxury edition but a restricted edition , five hundred boxes perhaps or even two hundred and fifty , all that will become clearer in the course of my work on the big glass , of my work on the notes to the big glass , now I have finally embarked on the major project of my life , the climactic project of my life , leading to the end of my life , all will grow clearer , wrote Harsnet , whether to try and call back and destroy all I have done till now or let it be , whether to burn this commentary or let it be , or perhaps leave it to Goldberg to do whatever he wants with , all these things will no doubt be resolved before the work is completed , that is the beauty of being in the middle of a project , that time itself , which had seemed such an enemy before I started , rushing forward and dragging me with it , impervious to my pleas , has suddenly turned friendly , flops down at my feet , licks my ankles , lets me know it is on my side . |
| 18 | It is the regulations imposed on the Asia Minor city of Erythrai in c.450 BC ( ML 40 = Fornara 71 ) which included a Council appointed by lot ; Athens would hardly have exported such an institution before she had one herself . |
| 19 | I was physically ill the day before I met her because I was so nervous ! |
| 20 | ( People who had been in a hospital for all the year before they died have been excluded from these comparisons . ) |
| 21 | Instead of the brilliant sunshine we had had all the week before it had started raining throughout the night and was still falling steadily . |
| 22 | The forecast from Livorno has spoken of increasing winds and I laid out all the chain before we rowed ashore ( feeling curiously British and eccentric using oars among so many outboards ) for the pasta and wine we had been promising ourselves since mid-morning . |
| 23 | Plus there 's a huge range of accessories , tuition videos and sheet music to suit all tastes , and a fully-soundproofed demo suite for fully testing all the gear before you part with your hard-earned spondulicks . |
| 24 | Now the Government is to construct , at vast cost , two large new sewers to collect and process all the waste before it enters the river . |
| 25 | ‘ I bought her those the day before she died , so 's she 'd think of me while I was away . ’ |
| 26 | Isabel saw his face go taut an instant before he whipped an arm around her and dived for the floor , taking her down with him . |