Example sentences of "before [pron] [vb base] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well there 're not normally saying will you get out the way before I throw this thing or I 'll stab you with it . |
| 2 | ‘ Do n't worry , Mrs Aggie , ’ she said ; ‘ I 'll get me own back on her before I leave this place , you 'll see , if it 's only kicking her shins . ’ |
| 3 | The official responsible for explaining this stance hanged himself the week before I read this book . |
| 4 | I will probably have spoken to you on the ‘ phone before you get this note , but just in case not I thought I would let you know how things are going . |
| 5 | You must have opened a file using OPENOUT , OPENIN or OPENUP before you use this statement . |
| 6 | Before you use this statement you must have opened a file or output using OPENOUT or OPENUP . |
| 7 | Before you use this statement , you must have opened a file using OPENOUT or OPENUP . |
| 8 | ‘ All the same , how long can you stay before you lose this job of yours ? ’ |
| 9 | Before you answer this question , consider the context . |
| 10 | please pick one of those up before you leave this afternoon . |
| 11 | No , Ellen , before you leave this house , I 'll make you promise to arrange a meeting for me with Catherine . |
| 12 | ‘ Before you leave this house you will be cured of all the past . ’ |
| 13 | We go the long way ; who knows how long it will be before we come this way again ? |
| 14 | But before we follow this trail we must investigate the rhetoric of the Querelle , and its legacy . |
| 15 | And again just before we start this overview , let's just remind you what the single channel conductance of a channel is . |
| 16 | Before we start this morning I 'd just like to make one brief announcement er one of my colleagues has asked me to announce er a lecture to be given on Thursday at five fifteen , that is er directly after the second systems lecture of the week , erm on the title of the transition from totalitarianism to democracy , changes , challenges and opportunities in the former Soviet Union and it will be given by the Baroness of Queensbury erm and that 's er at fife fifteen , one four one in this er in this building . |
| 17 | Before we discuss this decision further , there is an aftermath to consider . |
| 18 | ‘ I hate to sound melodramatic , but I really think you should sit down before we have this discussion . ’ |
| 19 | Before we leave this discussion of basic theory and turn our attention finally to the modern world , there is one further point that I think is worth making and that is part of the answer to the second question asked above , namely , why do individuals go through the three stages in the conventional order ? |
| 20 | Notice , before we leave this opening clause , how one piece of what is probably new information is slipped into the middle of the given information . |
| 21 | But a final word is needed before we leave this side of the Spirit 's work . |
| 22 | Before we leave this topic , may I repeat the caution with regard to grain direction . |
| 23 | Before we leave this topic , with some doubtless well-received witticisms about the American ateliers that are called Schools of Creative Writing , let us ask ourselves how an artistic tradition is transmitted from generation to generation in England , if it is not transmitted in the way that Pound took for granted . |