Example sentences of "before [pers pn] [be] even [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was reading early and getting all his relations and uncles and aunts to say ‘ Och , they 're old so young these days ’ and things like that before I was even born . ’ |
| 2 | Everyone , including the Indians , seemed to be happy and laughing , and in my surly mood I unkindly wished them all in hell — chiefly because no one was in any hurry to serve me and I had to sit and watch a party at the next table consume a feast that looked to me as if it had issued straight from Nirvana , before I was even shown a menu . |
| 3 | It is a method of making the press charge my wife before she is even found guilty by the press . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't know , ’ said Kāli : it was possible that the festival of ban pasāi had lost its association with the god of the forest before she was even born . |
| 5 | Lisa always knew she did not really want her baby adapted , and before she was even born had decided against it . |
| 6 | Before she was even elected to serve the people of this estate , Coun Ms Buttle was already threatening industrial action by the buses at the first public meeting we attended a year ago . |
| 7 | Habibi was an impatient horse and was always in a hurry to do everything before she was even asked . |
| 8 | ‘ I bin out in deep snow before you was even thought of . ’ |
| 9 | It crippled your guts before you were even hit . |
| 10 | As we look forward to the big event , let's take a look at how Christmas was celebrated long ago , before we were even born . |
| 11 | The firm expects to build well over 2,000 homes in the coming year , and says most are sold before they 're even finished . |
| 12 | But by far the majority perish , before they are even hatched — or at least before they reach maturity and breed themselves . |
| 13 | In fact , care of residents often begins before they are even admitted . |
| 14 | Seemingly unrestrained by their director , his principals , Juliette Binoche and Jeremy Irons , indulge in a perfect orgy of , in actor-speak , ‘ playing the result ’ : their first meeting , before they are even introduced , is a wild farrago of fish-like glances , tortured swallowing and interminable silences , and Malle follows suit , equipping his female lead with a get-up — black leather , gloves , fags , sunglasses , four-inch heels and an Eton crop to make a Brazilian transvestite blink , never mind a research assistant at Sotheby 's , which is what she is meant to be . |
| 15 | A male streaker ran on , jumped the stumps , and wondered what to do next without being quite as perplexed as England 's batsmen , and while four policemen carted his away , and the oh-so-clever scoreboard operators put runs on the board before they were even completed , Ramprakash creamed Mushtaq through the covers as a prelude to one of the most anguished dismissals of the series . |
| 16 | HAVE you heard the one about the Irish band who were the talk of New York BEFORE they were even formed ? |
| 17 | These five cars received the least modifications of any of the South Metropolitan fleet and in fact it was many years before they were even repainted , running in deep chocolate and ivory , with only the fleet numbers and badges altered . |
| 18 | ( GMRB 4. 6. 1988 ) The case , it was said , was ‘ basically cut and dried ’ , thus publicly condemning the six before they were even tried . |
| 19 | Bob Wilson was so confident that the deal would go through that some weeks before it was even completed he had given authorisation for work to begin at the Boeing factory in Seattle to modify the aircraft to British CAA regulations and finish it in the red and grey Virgin livery . |
| 20 | McClair stood over the ball with Irwin , but Flowers raced out , reaching the ball before it was even touched ! |
| 21 | It should have collapsed under its own weight before it was even anchored . ’ |