Example sentences of "before he can [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And if you put a bullet into him before he can pass the information on to Bailey then Mobuto 's as good as dead . |
| 2 | The 21-year-old , signed from Dallas Sidekicks last week for Pounds 300,000 , still needs a work permit before he can make a full debut in English football . |
| 3 | Lazio 's doctor Claudio Bartolini explained that it will be 24 hours before he can make a true assessment of the damage . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , Mr Lamont has a long way to go before he can recover the confidence of Scottish business leaders . |
| 5 | Before he can contemplate a victory that would establish him as United 's most successful manager since the days of Sir Matt Busby in the 1960's , United must first overcome relegation-threatened Luton at Kenilworth Road tomorrow and Nottingham Forest at Old Trafford on Easter Monday . |
| 6 | Because it 's black as pitch and blowing like blazes , and any man moving on deck will be washed from Hull to Hackney before he can cast a rope from a pin . |
| 7 | The lynch mob gets to Greg Ackell before he can escape the country |
| 8 | At the western end of Suffolk , which was ‘ eether wholly champion or neer , the feilding abounding by tillage and flockes of sheep doe from thence emprove their greatest commodities ’ , the soil was not naturally productive , so that ‘ the husbandman before he can test the fruits of his labour endureth much travell ’ . |
| 9 | But he has to wait 12 months to join an NHS waiting list and two more years before he can have the surgery . |
| 10 | He has a lot of ground to make up before he can criticise the Opposition . |
| 11 | This is a theoretical draw , but Timman may have to suffer several hours of torture before he can claim the half-point . |