Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] before [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bissett had once met the gaunt technician from A45 who had apparently received through a faulty glove a particle of plutonium the size of a pinhead and whose body had been cremated six months later before there could be an inquest . |
| 2 | He ate the strawberries quickly before anyone could ask him for one . |
| 3 | Oh a long time , er , matter of years really before I could settle down at , as I say to me it was roots |
| 4 | Clarity , which anticipated becoming that magical $100m company , has been criticized for putting in a $100m company 's infrastructure complete with six vice presidents long before it could financially justify it . |
| 5 | The little one 's heard Mummy pull up on the drive and has come down the stairs well before anyone could say anything he got it out . |
| 6 | But it would be several more hours yet before she could do that . |
| 7 | Out in the open the bird can fly enormous distances , so even if you spotted one , the chances are it would have flown miles away before you could get your camera ready to shoot . |