Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv prt] before it [vb past] " in BNC.

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1 And it ripped about a quarter of the roof off before it finished and the slates but er still good .
2 picked his stuff up before it finished
3 He stood off from the left-hand window and kicked the big bottom pane , pulling his foot back before it interrupted the fall of glass , then kicked again to clear the residue .
4 That was the priority now ; to set the vision down before it slipped away !
5 The other alternatives were to shoot the plane down before it landed or blow it up on the ground at Teheran airport when all the Imam 's followers had come forward to welcome him .
6 Luckily they were near the B-H-S store and put the fire out before it had a chance to catch hold .
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