Example sentences of "[noun prp] before [pron] [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His first transfer to Tottenham split two spells with Millwall before he moved to the Dell , where his no-nonsense approach and disciplinary problems earned him a hard-man reputation . |
| 2 | McLaren boss Teddy Mayer as much as admitted at the end of 1975 that he thought Emerson wanted to move — or that he was in personal trouble of one kind and another — but the official news reached Hunt before it got to the team , and got to Hunt through Domingos Piedade , an eccentric figure close to the cheerful groupie Googie Zanon , a wealthy ( textiles ) Italian aristocrat whose support has been crucial to many drivers at critical points in their career , then ‘ manager ’ to Emerson and now to Ayrton Senna — a fringe career from which Domingos , hugely personable , but also often more a talker than a doer , has made a more than reasonable living . |
| 3 | ‘ I was in the R.A.S.C. before I transferred to the Parachute Regiment . |
| 4 | He had been Private Secretary to my uncle when he was Viceroy , and later Chief Commissioner of the North-West Frontier of India before he went to the Sudan . |
| 5 | Amazingly this must have been the final straw for it , because its top hinge broke and it swivelled on the bottom one , narrowly missing Miss Louise before it crashed to the floor . |