Example sentences of "his [noun sg] before [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carrington was lying on his bunk , fully clothed , and he told himself afterwards that he had known she was outside his cabin before she touched the handle . |
| 2 | The police did not get his name and address or make enquiries at his workplace to check out his story before they arrested him . |
| 3 | Gina flashed him a bright , insincere smile , wanting nothing more than to escape from his presence before she betrayed the kind of emotions which would embarrass both of them . |
| 4 | I had thought that I was the only murderer in the family , but old Eric beat me to it , killing his mum before he had even drawn breath . |
| 5 | According to Reagan himself , when he appeared on the factory floor In assessing Reagan 's qualifications for the presidency his experience before he ran for elective office can not be discounted . |
| 6 | Gervaise knew of his existence before he died , and although he was n't able to acknowledge his son , he left him quite a fortune . ’ |
| 7 | He waited for a full half an hour by his watch before he opened it . |
| 8 | To read Mrs McDermott 's vivid recollection of those final precious moments when she spoke to her son and tidied his hair before he ran off to play in Ormeau Park where he met his killer would melt the hardest of hearts . |
| 9 | He is lucky that he confessed his action before we discovered it , for that is all that has saved his life . ’ |
| 10 | She was already by his side before she thought of how her face and hair must look . |
| 11 | The 9mm slug cut through his neck before he had unholstered his pistol . |
| 12 | Barry was unable to give the police a description of his assailant as he was always behind him and ripped out the mirror from his car before they drove to Perry 's . |
| 13 | He was , Blanche knew , honing the next phrase in his mind before he uttered it . |
| 14 | She looked flirtatiously at Urquhart and held his gaze before he dropped his eyes to the table . |
| 15 | Transfixed by the sudden intensity of his gaze before he turned back to the Empress , she was totally unprepared for what happened next . |
| 16 | These personal line drawings of the author 's family are now a tradition with this scribe , reflecting his work before he trained as a calligrapher . |
| 17 | Today the sounds from the packed car park and souvenir shop must surely drown the water-music of Rorie More 's Cascade , the waterfall which the thirteenth Macleod chieftain liked to hear roaring beneath his window before he slept . |
| 18 | Montgomery toyed with his pen before he spoke . |
| 19 | The Captain picked up his telephone before it had time to ring . |
| 20 | She would be seated in front of his desk before he allowed himself to be near her ; then he would lean against the same side of the desk as she . |
| 21 | As usual , he was at his desk before she arrived at the office , and , as always , she felt that brief but undeniable shock of pleasure at seeing him . |
| 22 | Brother Rhun , youngest and freshest and the flower of the flock , went after his nature , asking no leave , and kneeled beside Jerome , circling his quaking shoulders with an embracing arm , and lifting the hapless penitent closer into his hold before he looked up confidently into the abbot 's face . |
| 23 | Keane was set to make his announcement before he left Dublin with the rest of the Republic squad for Wednesday 's World Cup tie with Lithuania in Vilnius . |
| 24 | Sadly , he enjoyed less than a year of his retirement before he died in February 1973 . |
| 25 | His voice was harsh and nasal , as if it had had to fight a stiff battle around the bridge of his nose before it had been able to emerge at all . |
| 26 | Bobby had long ago learned the working man 's love of facts as opposed to theories and he always made sure to have a few up his sleeve before he spoke at a union meeting . |
| 27 | Dalgliesh was briefing his team before he started on the preliminary interviews . |
| 28 | Actually that 's not true either because I sent the P elevens to Steve and Matthew for his approval before we sent them off . |
| 29 | ‘ I did not ask his name before I shot him , no . ’ |
| 30 | Last weekend , as you will know by now , we briefly overlapped with a bevy of V.C.s from British Universities and the Director-General of the British council & his wife before we left Sian . |