Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] before [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | The words were out before she could monitor them . |
| 2 | The words were out before she could stop them . |
| 3 | The words were out before she could stop them . |
| 4 | The words , softly intense , were out before she could stop them . |
| 5 | The words were out before he could stop himself . |
| 6 | He was downstairs before she could call his name a second time . |
| 7 | The question was out before she could bite it back . |
| 8 | The frightened question was out before she could stop it . |
| 9 | The retort was out before she could prevent it . |