Example sentences of "before i [vb past] [pron] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had it for about two weeks before I told him I 'd got it ! |
| 2 | I could never go longer than a year before I sabotaged everything I built up . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Madame Gebrec , I know I said I would help you , but that was before I understood what you wanted of me . |
| 4 | You have n't — ’ I stopped before I said something he might take exception to . |
| 5 | Even before I met him I 'd admired a North Shore picture of his which showed the Kam Highway as it meandered out of the hills and down into Haleiwa , flanked by pineapple plantations and clumps of trees , and in the distance the Pacific , rippling with big waves . |
| 6 | Before I knew what I desired , the desire itself was gone , the whole glimpse withdrawn , the world turned commonplace again , or only stirred by a longing that had just ceased . |
| 7 | Before I knew what I was doing I was slitting my wrists . |
| 8 | before I knew it she was suffocating she was lying across my neck . |
| 9 | Sound of the train getting closer and before I knew it I was out on that street pushing the trolley . |
| 10 | I went to see what he wanted and before I knew it I was bundled into the car and we were on our way home . |
| 11 | Before I knew it I was out to sea . |
| 12 | Yeah you know what I 've done , it 's that er thing there well before I had it I used to put them on floor at side of ashtray , and now I leave it on settee and you know when I put me legs up , you know when you move over and watching telly ? |
| 13 | 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 . |