Example sentences of "before i found " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I had to do my own asking round before I found a place to visit . |
| 2 | Having made such an analysis of the situation , it was not long before I found myself reconsidering Mr Farraday 's kind suggestion of some days ago . |
| 3 | It was not long before I found I liked the Semmens family very much . |
| 4 | Fortunately , however , a few weeks before I found it I attended a lecture given by a Dr Peter Herring , of an oceanographic research institute based in Godalming , on the subject of marine bioluminescence . |
| 5 | I think I 'd call it a day long before I found myself turning part of my humble dwelling into the bridge of the Starship Enterprise , but one thing is certain : I 'd have Julian Colbeck 's video series close at hand before boldly going forth ! |
| 6 | I 'd been paying tax and national insurance for 12 years before I found myself having to make a claim and if I 'd been putting the money in a building society I 'd have had a lot more than I eventually got out of them . ’ |
| 7 | It was a few more years before I found mine . |
| 8 | The voice stopped and I had a similar feeling to the one I had just before I found Toby trussed up in his cupboard . |
| 9 | ‘ I had to phone fourteen different estate agents before I found the one you 'd dealt with … |
| 10 | I 'd taken a year off just before I found out I was pregnant , because I 'd badly needed a break and then I could n't work looking fat . |
| 11 | ‘ It took me a long , long time before I found a road back to the market town , and the dorf . |
| 12 | Ivan 's dictates on balanced tackle were instrumental in my discarding unsuitable ledger rods before I found the right one . |
| 13 | I left before I found myself dispatched to Teviotdale , ’ said Bishop Jon . |
| 14 | But I believed him before I found out about him and Silvia . |
| 15 | ‘ It means you could n't have arrived in Seal Haven all that long before I found you . |