Example sentences of "but [adv] before i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sparks had been my life for only 16 years , but long before I joined I had admired its style , history and clientele — over a century of selling fine Chinese art , for the past 60 years from that great drawing-room of a shop in Mount Street . |
| 2 | ‘ Although if I knew them and I wanted a nice picture — smiling , arms around each other — I would call out to them , but not before I reached the third frame . ’ |
| 3 | But not before I hear that great story of yours . ’ |
| 4 | God set this Iain Og on the hot hob of hell for a thousand years — but not before I catch him ! ’ |
| 5 | But not before I 've listened again to Incesticide ( Geffen ) by Nirvana . |
| 6 | ‘ I very probably will , but not before I 've taken you ! ’ he gritted . |
| 7 | But not before I saw the speedometer register over 100 mph and decided to fasten my seat belt . |
| 8 | to back him through thick and thin , but not before I had consulted the eight or nine senior legal Members ( some of them more distinguished at the Bar than myself ) and got their promises of support . |
| 9 | Eventually my father lost inspiration with the Clough/Armfield/Stein/Adamson era , but not before I had a chance to see Leeds beat Anderlect ( 3–0 in the fog ) followed by Barcelona ( Cruyft , Neeskens , etc. 2–1 for the aging ex-Revie team to make their way to Paris in 1975 . |
| 10 | Now , as I say , it 's been a fairly full account , but just before I put er , er , the motion to you , are there any points , or questions you 'd like to raise No , well , thank you very much . |
| 11 | As I said to my husband only last night ( just after I had eaten my miserable Lean Cuisine but just before I finished the box of Black Magic ) : ‘ Is n't it terrible the way we allow advertisers to manipulate us ? ’ |
| 12 | And not only have they consumed practically a quart of maple ice-cream , but just before I came in here they were ordering some pizzas ! |
| 13 | I said it was about the photographs , but even before I 'd finished talking , he gave me this message from Marius to … you know … to get lost . ’ |