Example sentences of "before [noun sg] and [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Schiller had demonstrated the danger of space heating sales before nationalisation and he continued to dissent on that issue within the BEA headquarters , backed by a genuine concern to advance scientific knowledge in this area . |
| 2 | ‘ I realised I had 17 years to go before retirement and I wanted to spend them doing what I wanted to do . |
| 3 | When this eagerly awaited party actually happened , it had been going forty minutes before Dad and I realized that we knew virtually no one there . |
| 4 | She was called to the phone just before breakfast and she knew who it was before she even heard that deep Australian twang . |
| 5 | And he goes , I mean he went to see my mum and dad before Christmas and they did n't recognise him ! |