Example sentences of "[conj] he [verb] [adv] [verb] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he rode hard to the end of the track and when he reached Baby Boy 's white cross he hesitated , then he turned right , into the mountains , something that he 'd never done before . |
| 2 | He looked along this end of Mrs Wright 's house that he 'd never seen before . |
| 3 | The sheep had gone strangely quiet and there was a queer thundering noise that he 'd never heard before . |
| 4 | Dorian began to understand things about himself that he had never understood before . |
| 5 | ‘ This has got to stop , Lindie , ’ he said , using a caressing shortening of her name that he had never used before , and that sounded instantly right on his lips . |
| 6 | But then the sound of the church bells had lifted him , flooded him with a glorious , fierce determination , and his aching legs had flown along , pumped by some extra force , some last strength that he had never tapped before . |
| 7 | He still shot a 68 , driving better than he 'd ever done before , using a club acquired from Eamonn Darcy only a month before . |
| 8 | The intensity was more than he had ever felt before . |
| 9 | His latest speech seemed to go further than he had ever gone before in advocating force to achieve the kind of England he wanted . |
| 10 | Gazzer felt closer to Marie now than he had ever done before , and it mattered to him very much that she should take him seriously . |
| 11 | The same hand tapped Charlie on the shoulder a moment later , and off he ran , faster than he had ever run before , despite having to carry a rifle in one hand and a pack on his back . |
| 12 | Importantly for Nicholson , this quirk in the social order was all that was needed to give him the kick-start he required , and it also provided him with more money than he had ever earned before . |
| 13 | He spoke more seriously than he had ever spoken before . |
| 14 | This year , the phoenix has risen from its ashes , a phoenix in brighter plumage than he has ever worn before . |
| 15 | He says he did a deal with a man in a pub , a man whose name he ca n't remember and he 'd never met before . ’ |
| 16 | The cool cream , and the expert manipulation of her dancing fingers produced a hard-on like he 'd never had before . |
| 17 | The same applied to her cousin Bean but Jazz , if he had never ridden before , had a natural balance that made him look positively accomplished beside the other two . |
| 18 | Now the Thames was a thread of silver below them , and Fenna flew as he had never flown before . |
| 19 | Yanto broke out of his protective screen and ran as he had never ran before . |
| 20 | Forgetting his altered status here , he drove around to the stables and , as he had always done before , saw to his own horses before entering the house via the kitchen premises . |
| 21 | Instead of lifting her into the saddle first , as he had always done before , he mounted Chalon , turned the horse in a tight circle to present its left flank to Isabel , and extended an imperative hand . |
| 22 | Pressing his foot to the floor , Nate Springfield drove as he 'd never driven before … |