Example sentences of "before and [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would have been fighting blindly if he started proceedings without seeing the maintenance and servicing records of the fork-lift truck to see whether it had gone wrong before and what went wrong on this occasion . |
| 2 | The period stood out as something qualitatively different from what came before and what came afterwards . |
| 3 | The late 670s and early 680s were remarkably free of political and military disturbance in contrast with what had gone before and what came after . |
| 4 | He had used them before and they knew what to do . |
| 5 | Martin Kernahan says they 've done the RAC rally before and they fancied something different … their car is built in spain and the rally is all on tarmac so it should be good |
| 6 | He took them to Mahala Andrews , an expert in fossil fishes at the Chambers Street Museum to learn that these were specimens no-one had ever seen before and they included a species of fresh water shark . |
| 7 | He was , then , a big , overgrown , shy man of twenty-eight who had never loved anyone before and it made him feel happy and strong and confident . |
| 8 | She had never been to this exalted place before and it seemed to be a place of dreams . |
| 9 | There was an agony inside him which he had never felt before and he closed his eyes briefly . |
| 10 | Jean-Claude had never tasted steamed puddings before and he liked them . |
| 11 | She filled him with a kind of exultation he had never experienced before and he found himself shaking his head . |
| 12 | In previous relationships it had always been Lotta who had moved on to better things ; she 'd never been rejected before and she felt angry and humiliated , particularly as she saw her standard of living about to fall . ’ |
| 13 | Constance had never been given flowers before and she beamed with pleasure . |
| 14 | She did n't know ; all she knew was that she adored him more than before and she wanted him more desperately , therefore inevitably she was going to be more hurt than the first time . |
| 15 | It was something that had never happened before and she stood for a moment trying to control the thoughts that raced through her head . |
| 16 | I 'd never owned one before and I adored it . |
| 17 | And there was a neurosis and an anxiety involved around doing that solo record for me , because I 'd never done one before and I did n't know if I could actually pull it off . |
| 18 | No — I 've had it cut short before and I did n't like the way it feels when you wake up in the mornings — really weird . |
| 19 | Laing was at pains to stress that at no time did he feel under pressure : ‘ It was that I 'd never been caught before and I did n't know what to do . |
| 20 | My hair had more shine than before and I found it left a stronger smell than other conditioners which I really liked . |