Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [adv] before they [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some people find it helpful to write out their notes again before they file them . |
| 2 | If people express their thoughts intermingled with plentiful ‘ ums ’ and ‘ ers ’ , you have probably grasped their meaning anyway before they complete the sentence . |
| 3 | The pupils who do complain usually retract their allegations long before they get to the state where the teacher might be held to account . |
| 4 | On this occasion Mary and Joseph are on their way home before they realise that Jesus is missing . |
| 5 | In this article I shall look at what has been proposed by the GMC , whether this can or should be implemented , what the interested parties think about the recommendations , and whether there are any other ways of ensuring that newly qualified doctors are not put off their careers completely before they have properly begun . |
| 6 | They are all female and since they too are also reproductively sufficient unto themselves , they can do the same thing as their mother even before they have left her body . |
| 7 | ‘ The marshal , ’ complained one of his officers even before they set out on the futile march to Carlisle , ‘ is infirm and peevish … both in body and mind , forgetful , irresolute and perplext . ’ |