Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clarke had 14 stitches in a knee wound after colliding with a goal post in a reserve match before Christmas . |
| 2 | To my surprise , the singer gave me a friendly nod before throwing his head back and tackling the last verses . |
| 3 | ASHLEY Cuddy scraped the last morsel off her plate with a sticky spoon before scurrying off , bright-eyed , to queue for her third mountainous helping . |
| 4 | A woman barred her way because a service was ending and there was an aggressive demand for a donation on entrance instead of , in the British tradition , a polite request before leaving . |
| 5 | The rebels then returned to Rutherglen Cross where they made a rebellious proclamation before moving off towards Avondale and the Irvine Valley . |
| 6 | Here at a private table before a crackling log fire , he passed round the claret and addressed his minions as follows : " You 'll find pressure on you here to sell these bloody OTC . |
| 7 | He would allow himself another three hours to enjoy a private supper before going to the Duchess 's ball where , he knew , the food would be cold and inedible . |
| 8 | This followed a private hearing before Mr Justice Konrad Schiemann in London . |
| 9 | A MOTHER who waited two and a half years in a Spanish jail before being convicted on drug charges was freed yesterday after receiving remission on her sentence for being ‘ a model prisoner ’ . |
| 10 | Stephen Lazarević , Lazar 's successor , actually fought for Bayezid 's Turkish army at the battle of Ankara in 1402 when Timur defeated the Turks and so gave the Byzantines a half-century respite before the conquest of Constantinople by Sultan Mehmed II in 1453 . |
| 11 | Division three Redruth have never been in the last 16 and the Cornish crowd will have an early chance to make a big-match noise before their customary bid for a county final place . |
| 12 | Even by the sword , for all those evils must first be cut away with a strong hand before any good can be planted , like as the corrupt branches and the unwholesome boughs are first to be pruned , and the foul moss cleansed or scraped away , before the tree can bring forth any good fruit . |
| 13 | Is the existence of a supportive relationship before an event the critical factor , or can new supportive relationships mobilised at the time of the event be effective ? |
| 14 | He tempted Mike Atherton into a rash hook before lunch then returned to break up a third wicket stand between Fairbrother and Nick Speak which had put Lancashire in complete command . |
| 15 | After a few seconds he looked like a Dark Age warlord in mid campaign , in mid mop-up , on mired mountaintop , taking a glazed breather before moving on to the women and children . |
| 16 | To reach the dais from the windswept coach park the tourists file down a narrow gorge before negotiating a series of ladders and bridges . |
| 17 | I found myself in the Alps with a narrow pass before me , began to ascend the rough and desolate track . |
| 18 | In summary , when cells are activated , the cytoplasm becomes an excitable matrix which allows a calcium signal to initiate periodically at a specific point before spreading throughout the cell as a regenerative calcium wave . |
| 19 | A small feasibility study may be an economical way of reducing the uncertainty — see Chapter 5 — in a specific aspect before authorizing the funding of the whole project . |
| 20 | A small feasibility study may be an economical way of reducing the uncertainty — see Chapter 5 — in a specific aspect before authorizing the funding of the whole project . |
| 21 | One in four children today will experience a parental divorce before their sixteenth birthday |
| 22 | Back indoors , she brewed coffee and ate a hasty breakfast before settling down to work . |
| 23 | Climbing quickly behind the wheel , she gave a hasty wave before driving off . |
| 24 | There is a growing consensus , which the Minister is prepared to support , that there will be a Labour Government before too long — when our proposals will be implemented . |
| 25 | Even Lord Beddington was upset , being made to look like a damn fool before Her Majesty 's son . |
| 26 | As Dr Turnbull has pointed out , it is hardly meaningful to talk of a trans-regional network before 1810.42 Significantly it was Birmingham rather than London which was the hub . |
| 27 | The Czechoslovak Foreign Ministry on Jan. 9 announced that the Czechoslovak side was to press for a complete withdrawal before the end of 1990 of the estimated 75,000 Soviet troops stationed in the country since the entry of Warsaw Pact forces in 1968 . |
| 28 | Then a complete rehearing before a differently constituted body would be needed in order for justice to be seen to be done . |
| 29 | Some 70 pharmaceutical grade trace elements and the basic compound are melted together to ensure a complete mix before being solidified and ground down into the basic salt . |
| 30 | Had they checked with a knowledgeable nuclear physicist — and there were several in the nearby physics department who could have helped — or held a technical seminar before the press conference , they would have learned this before events overtook them . |