Example sentences of "but not before he [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd fled , but not before he 'd accused her with brutish , angry words of a number of character and personality deficiencies , the greatest of which appeared to be her total inability to appreciate the finer qualities of Marcus Pritchard . |
| 2 | But not before he taught me ‘ the way ’ and even gave me — probably when short of a birthday present , his ‘ mantra ’ — his personal word by which to meditate ( sssh , do n't tell the guru , he 'd turn in his cave — you 're not suppose to reveal your mantra to anyone . |
| 3 | But not before he kissed the top of my helmet and shouted at me : " Oh , my mum 's going to hear about this . " |
| 4 | He allowed Rose to take the gun away but not before he had removed the empty shell . |
| 5 | Following the death of James I , Charles I became King of England , in 1625 , and the Duke of Buckingham ( who had been James I 's favourite ) retained his influence over the throne until he was assassinated at Portsmouth , in August 1628 , but not before he had arranged the marriage of Charles I to Henrietta Maria of France . |
| 6 | Morel died soon after , but not before he had the bitter pleasure of seeing the Labour Government brought down with the aid of a ‘ red scare ’ engineered , it appeared at the time , by Foreign Office officials . |
| 7 | After the meeting , Flashman slipped out of a side exit to the hotel 's underground car park — but not before he had pinned another photographer , Paul Welford , against a wall . |
| 8 | She quickly turned her eyes away but not before he had detected , to his discomfort , a look of grave , almost maternal solicitude . |
| 9 | Mickey Morris , having left school with a grade 1 CSE , ‘ managed to scrape four ‘ O ’ levels at college' and then progressed admirably through the internal examination system of the Department of Health and Social Security ; but not before he had come to terms with what he called ‘ a home truth ’ . |
| 10 | The words came into existence but not before he had analysed , accepted them , agreed to make them real . |
| 11 | Sinclair did buy the Observer and the Pall Mall in the end , but not before he had been given a $45,000 guarantee from party funds . |
| 12 | But not before he had felt the painful thinness of her upper arm , the jutting of her hip against him . |
| 13 | Kryuchkov affirmed the high priority being given by the KGB to combating black-marketeering and organized crime , but not before he had alleged that certain forces were engaged in " economic sabotage " for political ends and were in league with the criminal underworld . |
| 14 | She pulled away and scrambled back to her side of the seat , but not before he gave her a knowing little smile . |