Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] before they [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One expected feature of Microsoft Corp 's new MS-DOS 6 was missing : it was to have incorporated a LAN Manager and Windows for Workgroup client — but corporate beta testers demanded its removal before they would install the thing saying they were worried about users getting unauthorised access to servers . |
| 2 | The Wolverines ' borrowed silks lent them invaluable seconds wherein to close with those guards and sever their throats before they could fire or even cry a warning . |
| 3 | I said all right , £50 , and he had it tied to the roof of their car before they could make a run for it . |
| 4 | Aw , c'm on , it was just like that in Australia not long ago : one of the wire services reports in a condescending way that under local law , the National Institute of Industrial Property of Brazil recognises only the principle of priority in brand names , so that companies like IBM Corp , Xerox Corp and Sony Corp have had to ‘ buy back ’ their names before they could do business under them in Brazil ; the US is pressing Brazil to change the law to protect internationally recognised brand names — but it is not so long ago that , legend has it , an enterprising travelling Australian spotted that car hire was becoming big business , so when he got home , he registered the names Hertz and Avis , sold the Hertz name back to the company when it wanted to set up in Australia — and then used the cash he got from Hertz to set up the Avis concession in Australia . |
| 5 | Another disadvantage of laser printers is that , because they 're page printers , they require the entire page to be stored in their memory before they 'll start printing . |
| 6 | Following the Machiavellian rule of killing your catspaws before they can betray you , he stabs Roderigo , exclaiming the while , ‘ Kill men i ’ th' dark ! |