Example sentences of "before he [verb] [adv] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't say we really got to talk properly until we played tennis together at Kyalami in 1976 , just before he took up his Lotus drive , but it was evident from the first that he was of sound mind and body and somehow radically different from any other driver I 've met before or since , and if I were pressed to say why that is so , it has to be because of his utter imperturbability . |
| 2 | Before he gets out his scissors , repeat what you have agreed on , to check that you 're both talking the same language . |
| 3 | I imagine he had dreamed of doing what he came to do for years before he tightened up his courage . ’ |
| 4 | Seconds later , Hardy landed a stunning left to stagger Holmes again for another count before he finished off his third defence of his crown after two minutes 40 seconds of the round , with a barrage of punches that left referee Larry O'Connell delivering the full count . |
| 5 | [ Believe me , old Wolsey had occasion to cry about me before he shuffled off his mortal coil . ] |
| 6 | His gaze went from one to the other before he gathered up his cup and papers . |
| 7 | The guiding light in Lewis 's life then went with her son to speak to the pupils of Bellahouston Academy and visit a retail development on the outskirts of Glasgow before he rounded off his day in the male only setting of the St Andrew 's Sporting club by watching Scotland 's Kris McAdam fight . |
| 8 | I think — I measure my words carefully — that the Attorney-Generally behaved politically , in party-political terms , before he carried out his responsibility of ensuring that the law of the land is enforced . |
| 9 | It was a long time before he pulled out his handkerchief and wiped his face . |
| 10 | The Profitboss screws down his inventory before he screws up his profits . |
| 11 | Shilton , who makes the 965th Football League appearance of his career , aims to reach 1,000 before he hangs up his boots . |
| 12 | He stretched himself before he picked up his large paper parcel along with Tommy 's life possessions . |