Example sentences of "before i [verb] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Long before I came to know north west Scotland I read an article in a yachting journal about sailing and climbing in the mountainous fiords of Norway . |
| 2 | I told myself I was gon na learn a bit of German before I went to see Eileen again |
| 3 | Lamb himself commented : ‘ I 've had England players on the phone telling me what 's in the Mirror before I 've had time to go out and buy the paper . |
| 4 | When we were north of the border recently for the Scottish Music Show , before I 'd had time to look round myself , people were rushing over to describe a monster the like of which they 'd never before seen . |
| 5 | Even before I got to understand guilt , I used to walk about the house muttering , ‘ You 're a subject for guilt , boy , a subject for guilt . ’ |
| 6 | There was only one occasion when , either preoccupied or through sheer inattentiveness , I found him rising before I had made preparations to follow . |
| 7 | ‘ No ; the police came to see me before I had had time to make other arrangements . |
| 8 | The pressure of administration had stopped my training before I had left England and my feet had grown soft . |
| 9 | That was the day before I started writing Jane Eyre . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ And I did arrange it before I promised to stop meddling . ’ |
| 11 | I decide to do the washing-up before I start putting Mum to bed . |