Example sentences of "[noun sg] before [pron] could [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rose said pensively , walking round and sitting in Naseby 's seat before he could reach it . |
| 2 | So Herbie did n't try and jump in the car before I could lift him and trying to get Audrey in with her stiff leg . |
| 3 | Richard was out of the car before I could open my door . |
| 4 | The jack plug was soldered on — which meant you could n't pull the lead out , you had to wrap the plug and lead around the neck before you could put it away . |
| 5 | Yeah , and there 's another couple of guys and they were saying that how strict the training was when they first took it on you know that the their masters used to beat them and everything , into submission , s said they had to have complete submission before they could train them to be what they were , you know , bring them up , teach them and train them |
| 6 | In this ague-altered state Wallace perceived the whole symphony of evolutionary change with such immediacy that he feared it would escape him like a dream before he could write it down . |
| 7 | They suffered years of guilt and dissimulation before they could announce their own agnosticism or adamant disbelief . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've got pretty good hearing but I had to wait almost a moment before I could imagine I could hear anything . |
| 9 | They had to get rid of a leader before they could bring themselves to admit that the poll tax was a mistake and I ca n't see John Major going before he loses the next election . |
| 10 | You did n't have to hold slides of this unidentified emotional entity up against the illustrations in the textbook before you could declare your findings ! |
| 11 | Counsel for the unions told the judge that miners were ‘ desperately worried ’ collieries would become unworkable by the end of the 90-day consultation period before they could launch their High Court challenge later this month to the legality of the Goverment 's pit closure programme . |
| 12 | The sound of the car caught Theodora 's attention before she could plot it with her eye . |
| 13 | ‘ And a very green salad , ’ he said to the waiter before he could stop himself . |
| 14 | He went to the kitchen and asked if the nurse would be so kind as to wait , just a few moments , and he was out of the room before she could tell him how tight her schedule was . |
| 15 | We ran flat out for half a mile before we could throw them off . ’ |
| 16 | But he realised they needed much more evidence before they could arrest him for murder . |
| 17 | And er we used to get the work come to us all jumble up in waggons , and throw it onto a bench and then of course you 'd got to pick the top before you could turn it . |
| 18 | The thought , accompanied by just such an image , jumped into Lisa 's head before she could stop it . |
| 19 | I was out of the flat before she could turn her head and as I passed Springsteen on the stairs , I said : ‘ You 're on your own , kid . ’ |
| 20 | He parked the car neatly in the space reserved for exhibitors and opened the door before she could release her seatbelt . |
| 21 | He was through the door before anyone could stop him . |
| 22 | It was an unhappy morning , and a sulky afternoon , and when towards evening Clarissa had collected enough moral courage to approach the telephone , it rang for an incoming call before she could pick it up . |
| 23 | There was no alternative but to make a dash to the magician before anyone could catch her . |
| 24 | Surere 's eyes gave away his thought before he could stop them . |
| 25 | Then she jumped up from the bed before he could grab her again and darted past him to the window . |
| 26 | She felt so sick that it was lunchtime before she could drag herself out of bed and come downstairs . |
| 27 | The newly elected prelate still needed ecclesiastical consecration before he could exercise his pastoral functions . |
| 28 | He was on her before she knew , and had the bucket full of water from her hand before she could stop him . |
| 29 | He had her foot in his hand before she could stop him and his indrawn breath made her aware that it looked as bad as it felt . |
| 30 | When she made no move to take the rosebud , Guy tucked it into one of the mail links on his hauberk and captured her hand before she could withdraw it again . |