Example sentences of "come before [coord] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coach Mike McClennan admitted : ‘ With all the tough games to come before and around Christmas , it 's a real setback . |
| 2 | Initially young pupils were asked to decide whether one thing came before or after another , without reference to precise dates . |
| 3 | The causal sequence is unimportant , that is , whether the elation or depression came before or after the rise or fall , as the importance of the behaviour would be that ‘ he should stay down quietly and not try to make a comeback for some considerable time ’ ! |
| 4 | The unspoken subtext of Barley 's amusing odyssey in search of Raffles is this : was all western imperialism really so bad , and were not men like Raffles far better rulers than the exploiters , white and brown , who came before and after them ? |
| 5 | Each time he set off , it was obvious to those of us who loved him that he was wildly out of control and a danger to those who came before and after him . |
| 6 | Information seeking is a process consisting of a series of events and the seeker 's pattern of behaviour depends on what comes before or after the different stages . |