Example sentences of "before [pers pn] [verb] [pron] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was one of her customers , in the days before I made her my manager , ’ he said lightly . |
| 2 | Before I know what I 'm saying I 've promised I 'm not a criminal , that it 's a different kind of mission . |
| 3 | Now , before I tell you anything else , I must tell you that I do n't want Fagin , or any of the other members of the gang , to be handed to the police . ’ |
| 4 | I wanted to be sure I could establish myself , become ‘ somebody ’ , before I told him what I was doing . |
| 5 | I had it for about two weeks before I told him I 'd got it ! |
| 6 | Once before I told you something that Angela Thirkell said , and you sold me to Edna [ E. Box , the painter ] , who sold you to Olivia , who told someone else , who straightway wrote it in a letter to Angela herself . |
| 7 | I could never go longer than a year before I sabotaged everything I built up . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Madame Gebrec , I know I said I would help you , but that was before I understood what you wanted of me . |
| 9 | You have n't — ’ I stopped before I said something he might take exception to . |
| 10 | You may well be wearing 30 's clothes and I suppose you could start wandering around feeling like Gatsby , but for a man who is a very fine actor and mime artiste , and who learned from Lindsay Kemp way before I met him everything about it being a show off stage and on , I do n't really think there 's too much relevance . ’ |
| 11 | Even before I met him I 'd admired a North Shore picture of his which showed the Kam Highway as it meandered out of the hills and down into Haleiwa , flanked by pineapple plantations and clumps of trees , and in the distance the Pacific , rippling with big waves . |
| 12 | I 'm I 'm every day people , before I met you my life was standing still , it was standing still I had a one way ticket |
| 13 | Before I knew what I desired , the desire itself was gone , the whole glimpse withdrawn , the world turned commonplace again , or only stirred by a longing that had just ceased . |
| 14 | Before I knew what I was doing I was slitting my wrists . |
| 15 | before I knew it she was suffocating she was lying across my neck . |
| 16 | Sound of the train getting closer and before I knew it I was out on that street pushing the trolley . |
| 17 | I went to see what he wanted and before I knew it I was bundled into the car and we were on our way home . |
| 18 | Before I knew it I was out to sea . |
| 19 | The day came suddenly and before I knew it my father was driving me into the town of Ipswich to drop me off near the studio . |
| 20 | Yeah you know what I 've done , it 's that er thing there well before I had it I used to put them on floor at side of ashtray , and now I leave it on settee and you know when I put me legs up , you know when you move over and watching telly ? |
| 21 | Before I buy him anything in future , I 'll confer with you . |
| 22 | Why is it lately that I go to , before I start my my work |
| 23 | Fortunately , however , a few weeks before I found it I attended a lecture given by a Dr Peter Herring , of an oceanographic research institute based in Godalming , on the subject of marine bioluminescence . |
| 24 | I 'm going out before I say something I 'm sorry for . ’ |
| 25 | Before I finish I I just wonder whether I could put one point to the county and that 's whether in the absence of a strategic exceptions policy in the structure plan , they would allow the borough council to include the type of policy we 're seeking in our district wide local plan bearing in mind that some of the considerations in involved are of a strategic nature . |
| 26 | Karenin was a direct result of that society and even before she left him she knew there was no way out because she was n't strong enough to sacrifice her position in society . |
| 27 | But just before she saw it she heard something — to her , rather ominous — the rumble of a bus . |
| 28 | Before she knew him she had never stayed in real hotels with private bathrooms taken for granted , and coloured TVs and room service for all guests . |
| 29 | ‘ No , ’ she said before she knew what she was going to say . |
| 30 | Nor was there anything to be gained by a closer look but … all the same , as she was here … she might as well … before she knew what she was doing , Melissa ducked through the rails . |