Example sentences of "before i leave the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was so precise with his camera positions at outside rehearsal that , literally , before I left the church hall , or whatever we were using , to come into the studio I would measure off , with string and a compass , co-ordinates from the front edge of the marked-out set to each of his floor indicated camera positions . |
| 2 | But er when just before I left the polishing which was in nineteen thirty eight , er they were bringing in a lot of cellu it 's all th a lot of all this modern stuff is what they call cellulose , but I could n't tell you how it 's done , it 's done with a spray . |
| 3 | ‘ I think , ’ answered Karen , ‘ that someone put something radioactive into my bag last night before I left the factory . |
| 4 | ‘ You took the message before I left the building ? ’ |
| 5 | My parents both died before I left the School of Italian Studies so I had heard nothing about my family for over ten years . |
| 6 | ‘ I had some before I left the hotel . |
| 7 | He arrived a few weeks before me at the Elephant and retired just a few weeks before I left the department after the 1987 general election . |
| 8 | I had a feeling that this jam session on the back of a truck with Bunny was going to end in tears even before I left the house . |
| 9 | ‘ At lunchtime he came home and we had a brief discussion before I left the house , ’ said Mrs Lighten . |
| 10 | ‘ I spoke to the doctor before I left the hospital . |
| 11 | Before I left the fortress , in the late afternoon I climbed once more up to the guardian 's hut to say goodbye . |
| 12 | I told Cowslip we were going before I left the burrow . " |
| 13 | The last thing I heard you say before I left the receiver to its own devices was something like ‘ Some of us here have been reading your books … ’ |
| 14 | Oh , and before I leave the matter of ffeatherstonehaugh 's and pass on to more general issues , I 've at last cracked the surname problem . |
| 15 | Before I leave the period of the great map makers and engravers , there is one more map worthy of mention . |