Example sentences of "was [adv] before it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What state it was in before it crystallized he does not explain ; certainly it was not glassy . |
| 2 | ‘ Our league campaign this season was over before it began and I could offer a lot of excuses but wo n't . |
| 3 | The party was over before it began . |
| 4 | For these traders , the show was over before it began . |
| 5 | In moral America , it looked as if the Clinton campaign was over before it had begun . |
| 6 | The conversation was over before it had started . |
| 7 | Carrington 's adventure in Holland was over before it had begun , by two short days . |