Example sentences of "[noun sg] before i [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She gave me an extra pillow , kept me supplied with boiling bottles , brought me Vichy , and my meals on a little round table , actually produced a bottle of alcool camphre & frictioned me & gave me some lime flower tea before I went to sleep . |
| 2 | ‘ You rest there a while , Mrs Miller , ’ the girl said with unusual boldness , ‘ and I 'll make you a fresh brew of tea before I start on the drawing room . ’ |
| 3 | He sent me a memorandum directing me to inform him in future before I write to any newspaper periodical on matters appertaining to the force . |
| 4 | For a few seconds the sheer force of the wind supported my weight before I stumbled into a lull between squalls . |
| 5 | I have waited 20 years for a decision on the Ardrossan-Saltcoats-Stevenston bypass , and I am sure that the Minister will give me a favourable result before I retire at the next election . |
| 6 | I suppose I 'm reluctant to go into the school side before I have to because I 'm not very good with kids . ’ |
| 7 | I was an electrician before I went into acting — I did all the wiring in my house . |
| 8 | ‘ I drive down hoping to open negotiations with the house owner , ’ he continued , ‘ spend time with Paulo in the office , then grab a bite of lunch before I return to Lisboa , but — ’ |
| 9 | There 's a lot to discuss here , and er I just wonder if you 'd like to throw in your two penn'orth before I talk to our diplomatic correspondent , David Spannier on this subject , after the seven o'clock news . |
| 10 | We decided to abandon fishing and head for home before I froze to death . |
| 11 | But I knew the score before I moved to Ayresome Park last summer . ’ |
| 12 | But I knew the score before I moved to Ayresome Park last summer . ’ |
| 13 | Once , in the early days , it had failed completely , and sometimes I had had to take a double dose before I changed into Hyde . |
| 14 | Anyway erm tt I went down the day before I went into hospital actually for my op , and er |
| 15 | Well aware of the undertaking he added ‘ The day before I went for a load of beers to prepare for the ordeal . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Do you realize it 's two years , six months and six days since I saw you on to a train — possibly this very one — the day before I went to America ? |
| 17 | Well it , it was n't funny that day before I went to the that ear |
| 18 | One night before I went to bed I asked her . |
| 19 | That night , the night before I went to David Rosen 's office to hear Francis 's will , I was woken by a dream . |
| 20 | I took some yesterday , I was and I took some last night before I went to bed and I took two this morning . |
| 21 | ‘ I lost my father before I signed for Rangers and his death had a devastating effect on me since we had always been so close , and not simply because he had been a professional goalkeeper in his time , ’ Goram said . |
| 22 | I was eating cakes in the morning before I went to school and for about two years I was dieting , trying one diet or another . |
| 23 | I lift weights every morning before I go into the office . ’ |
| 24 | Each morning before I leave for work , I bid a cordial ( ? ) farewell to the one perched on my roof and each night I count my fish to see if he 's penetrated the net I hurriedly stretched over the pool . |
| 25 | Well the Jehovah 's Witnesses come in last week before I come off work , must have been Thursday , they said you have n't seen window cleaner lately have you ? |
| 26 | Fortunately an assistant stopped mew before I went through the roof . |
| 27 | ‘ And I had to lose a good , good woman before I came to my senses . |
| 28 | She explains : ‘ I take a very deep breath before I get on the plane and then as soon as I am on board I get out all my make-up and put it on the table in front of me and spend hours putting it on . |
| 29 | I met Belinda — the Belinda from Sotheby 's — and we had a little chin-wag before I looked round the exhibition . |
| 30 | I only wish that someone had opened the exit door before I passed through it . |