Example sentences of "before [pers pn] [vb base] [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tremayne lent me his Volvo to go to the boatyard in the morning , reminding me before I set off that it was the day of the awards dinner at which he was to be honoured . |
| 2 | I 've done that on trains , I 've done that on a tour bus quite recently , and of course the response you get can be very , very aggressive and that 's sometimes quite hard to handle but I take the precaution of always checking before I go somewhere that I 'm going to , I 'm going to be backed up , for example , erm before I go I purchase my holiday , I actually checked with the tour company that they did n't allow smoking on the buses |
| 3 | Tell the resident what you plan to do before you start so that he/she knows what is about to happen and can help if possible . |
| 4 | To begin , take a deep breath before you start so that you do n't run out of breath in the middle of the sentence . |
| 5 | My dear Victor , I want you to know before you arrive home that an awful thing has happened . |
| 6 | It must be said before we proceed further that this model is so new that no handbook was available to me at the time of writing . |
| 7 | It 's making a game of it before we go down that matters . |
| 8 | But not all badgers instantly discover a taste for peanuts : it may take a few visits on your behalf before they catch on that these small pellets are good to eat . |
| 9 | Iris and her group were absent , it having been agreed before they set off that they would have lunch in St-Jean-du-Gard and telephone for the mini-bus from the station at Anduze on their return . |