Example sentences of "a [noun sg] just before [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What 's wrong with her ? ’ asked Juliet , remembering the thin , dark-haired woman who had arrived on a stretcher just before she went for her coffee break . |
| 2 | The pilot slammed the powerful jets into reverse thrust , bringing the giant plane to a halt just before he ran out of runway . |
| 3 | They had originally offered £100,000 for Fox , who asked relegated Rovers for a move just before he left on the Lions tour Down Under in May . |
| 4 | The exhaust gas is mixed with a little air from a small pump at a point just before it enters the canister . |
| 5 | Mr Stockdale authorised the £227,000 payment as part of a package just before he resigned . |
| 6 | Put that heater on then would you that one on for a while just before they come . |
| 7 | I 'd been made a lance-corporal just before we left and had been put in charge of a group of boys . |
| 8 | ‘ This is what it is all about really ’ , said one of the clowns , handing me a bun just before he dashed across to the pub car park where they all lined up in order to be judged which of them was the best-dressed ( he was , incidentally ) . |
| 9 | She had a haemorrhage just before she came in . |
| 10 | ‘ They came for a weekend just before we left Starlings . ’ |
| 11 | We 'd stock up the shelves and by the middle of the afternoon all that would be left would be size 14s in puce and some size fives that maybe a girl would pop in and buy for a party just before we shut . |
| 12 | EC negotiator Ray MacSharry quit , claiming the Frenchman vetoed an accord just before it was to be signed on Tuesday . |
| 13 | They were killed in an accident just before I was married — Peter was my father 's friend . ’ |