Example sentences of "[vb past] his [noun sg] before [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last night he claimed that President Bourguiba used his hotel before he came to power and that Brigitte Bardot , accompanied by a canine entourage , stayed there in the early Seventies . |
| 2 | I visited his house before I came here and saw his widow . ’ |
| 3 | Talk ought to go on , even if murder went on at the same time ; at the sideboard Twomey turned his back before he smiled . |
| 4 | A prostitute caught Graham 's eye but he shook his head before she could get off her bar stool . |
| 5 | To read Mrs McDermott 's vivid recollection of those final precious moments when she spoke to her son and tidied his hair before he ran off to play in Ormeau Park where he met his killer would melt the hardest of hearts . |
| 6 | Our Gofer ( a young woman ) grabbed his hand before I could say anything and said , ‘ Great , show me will you ? ’ and dashed off with him in tow , coats flying . |
| 7 | He is lucky that he confessed his action before we discovered it , for that is all that has saved his life . ’ |
| 8 | The alsatian bit his arm before he shook it loose and ran off . |
| 9 | The difference , if I remember rightly , was that Bach made his trip before he 'd become famous — indeed , took his agent 's Congratulations ! |
| 10 | Mr Sugden got to his feet when his bonds were cut and straightened his tie before he spoke . |
| 11 | On a deeper level , an actor is someone who remembers the primitive primordial impulses that inhabited his body before he was ‘ civilized ’ and ‘ educated ’ . |
| 12 | Arty would see that she got his letter before she left for Seapark . |
| 13 | He invited me to go and see the Church in Africa and fortunately I accepted his invitation before he was recalled to become the APF director . |
| 14 | But I kicked his shin before he could finish the sentence . |
| 15 | ‘ He even smoked his pipe before he did the job . ’ |
| 16 | She looked flirtatiously at Urquhart and held his gaze before he dropped his eyes to the table . |