Example sentences of "[noun pl] before they [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indonesian conservationists have reported that at least 1,000 orang-utangs have been smuggled from the country 's forests via Singapore to Taiwan , where they are popular as pets before they grow to adult size . |
| 2 | His mother is a former Supreme , who sang with the band in the very early days before they signed to Motown . |
| 3 | However , the group which had their first babies between 1950 and 1954 had a median of 9.7 years before they returned to paid employment . |
| 4 | Samuel Hitching stated that he examined the Coffin carefully and that it had two canvas patches on where there were decayed places in the Wood — he also measured the thickness of the Board and they were only 5/8 of an inch at top and ½ an inch thick at the bottom — the lid was also warped that they could not screw it down properly-One of the bearers also stated that he was afraid it would fall in pieces before they got to the Church with it . |
| 5 | It is designed to enable system administrators to identify and fix problems before they come to most users ' attention . |
| 6 | The company has picked up Technically Elite Concepts Inc 's Net/Pod , which enables DECmcc operators to determine local area network usage patterns and detect network problems before they lead to failures ; the combination monitors local and remote segments simultaneously . |
| 7 | Specialists believe that the clicking and popping sounds made by a school of females may be the best way to rescue the six sperm whales before they starve to death in the enclosed natural harbour . |
| 8 | It was not seconds but many minutes before they climbed to the top of the road and came out into fresher country , and the farm was there , nestling in the late sunshine , the fading light turning its stone , creeper-clad walls to amber . |
| 9 | What nomes might have thought in those private moments before they went to sleep … well , that was private . |
| 10 | They used to come here , yes , to this hotel to spend their last nights before they went to that bridge to hurl themselves off , sometimes in front of a train ; but now the line has gone and the track removed we do n't get so many nuts coming to end their days . |