Example sentences of "[be] before [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In France , a government minister is working on plans to make sexual harassment a criminal offence , so how long can it be before Britain begins a similar move ? |
| 2 | It should be before Tracey goes . |
| 3 | She wondered how long it would be before Kathy grew alarmed If Clare was n't home and had n't telephoned by two o'clock — or three at the latest — she reckoned that Kathy might phone the police , who would surely find her before long . |
| 4 | She raised her hands behind her , grasped the brass rails of the bed-head , and squeezed them tightly , wondering how long it would be before Felipe came in with her breakfast . |
| 5 | I was wondering how long it would be before Caesar followed Captain 's example and took a bite out of Junior . |
| 6 | She wondered how much longer it would be before Jack was brought in in this sort of state , and how she would feel if he was . |
| 7 | She wondered how long it would be before Rebecca paid her nocturnal visit to the flat . |
| 8 | He 'd done it again , she thought morosely , yet for a while , back there in the field , she 'd felt almost like her old self , the person she had been before Ryan had come into her life . |
| 9 | It was after Jesus was born so we call that B C , no sorry it was n't after it was before Jesus was born we call it B C before Christ . |
| 10 | Perhaps er my understanding was as as I guess Mr Saunders ' understanding of this policy was before Professor Lock mentioned Lutterworth , that it was primarily manufacturing or B one , B one or B two . |
| 11 | HP-UX 10.0 had been scheduled for release in December , but that was before COSE came along and re-wrote the rules of engagement . |
| 12 | HP-UX 10.0 had been scheduled for release December , but that was before COSE came along and re-wrote the rules of engagement . |
| 13 | Well there were a woman that used to have have that and they called her Maggie and she used to serve drinks there , whisky and that was before Stromness was voted dry you see . |
| 14 | She rushed up the stairs to the top of the house where she knew her brother 's room was before Nick had a chance to show her the way . |
| 15 | that was my twenty first birthday we bought that on , so that was before Gary was born and er , that had black screw on legs as well , the televisions had black screw , oh we did n't have a television we had a second hand television about a year after we were married and I remember Coronation Street starting , that started about when we got married . |
| 16 | ‘ That was before Lori rang and Travis saw the jade , and everything fell apart ! |
| 17 | It was before Spain had joined the Common Market and United Biscuits ' efforts to acquire a suitable company in one of the EEC countries had come to nought . |
| 18 | This , of course , was before R. was born . |
| 19 | Anyway , all that — and the Rogan Josh , which I 'd took real sweat over right down to serving it with iced bottles of Kingfisher lager and quarters of lime and rice fried with egg and to hell with the risk of salmonella — was before Billy Tuckett dropped in . |
| 20 | Yeah , it was before Deana was born |
| 21 | That was before John had moved in with them ; he and Chrimes happened to call there that morning on some business errand before the detective had arrived , and the door was opened by Herbert in his dressing gown , begging them to hurry away again in case their presence spoilt the evidence . |
| 22 | That was before John Major replaced Margaret Thatcher . |