Example sentences of "before he could be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a measure of how leaky was the colander , even in the exercise of maximum security , a Movietone newsreel van and a Daily Express reporter had to be shooed away from Euston next morning before he could be transferred to the Tower of London . |
| 2 | AN Edinburgh man was so drunk when police stopped his car he had to be kept overnight before he could be charged , a court heard yesterday . |
| 3 | The League had already declared that it would boycott the investiture and , when he stood up to speak , a hundred or so extremists began shouting and jeering , and dozens had to be dragged off by the police before he could be heard . |
| 4 | In Ridge v. Baldwin the House of Lords held that a chief constable , who had been acquitted on a criminal charge but criticized for lack of leadership by the judge , was entitled , under the common law rules of natural justice , to a hearing before he could be dismissed by the local authority who employed him . |
| 5 | Before he could be consulted , writs were issued against the banks by the companies and the shareholders in accordance with resolutions purporting to have been passed by each board of directors consisting of members of the Crawley family , but the receivers of each of the companies did not give their consent . |
| 6 | Security was tighter here than it had been in the Union building , and Reynolds had to be signed in by Diane before he could be issued with a visitor 's pass . |
| 7 | But there was just one last scene for Burton to complete before he could be hospitalized : his death scene . |
| 8 | ‘ He should have an intensive medical examination and a complete psychological assessment before he could be considered to box Benn for that title . |
| 9 | Had they chosen a weekday for the coup , there would have been heavy traffic at this hour and news of the roadblocks would have spread quickly throughout the country , perhaps warning one of the ministers before he could be captured … one more example of exemplary planning . |