Example sentences of "[be] before i " in BNC.

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1 I wondered how long it would be before I saw England again .
2 I wondered how long it would be before I was doing the things portrayed in the photos .
3 As Carmel finished the 3s , she came to me and whispered : ‘ I think I can see what the 5s are going to be before I do it ’ , and she explained her prediction .
4 I wondered how long it would be before I stopped loving him .
5 I said to that bloke today well how , how long am I gon na be before I go to court , he said it could be two years away
6 Rule off from where you were before I want you to get some information down about our solar system .
7 I went on my way happy after that — indeed , happier than I had been before I had seen the strange apparitions-and it occurred to me that somebody both less logical and less imaginative would have jumped to the conclusion that what they had seen were UFOs .
8 would would help it , it 's it 's not quite secure enough , because it might have been before I arrived , but all the weaknesses show up
9 I know how busy they are when I come off the road off a night , and I know busy because they are before I go out on a morning , and erm , it seems like they 're never likely to get stuck from time to time though .
10 That 's before I went in the army .
11 and waited six months to get home , that 's before I got married
12 And I was in last week both Saturday 's before I came here , and we went through we 'd achieved all targets
13 Cos like , it 's before I go to bed I I sort of get my , my organ out and
14 So I decided : if anyone does come , I want to see who it is before I show myself .
15 Erm I du n no this is somebody else 's paper so This is before I had a I worked it out as I I th I thought it 'd work out a three- four-five triangle .
16 You see , and so we went to oh Inverness , Aberdeen and across to the Isle of Skye , and down the Skye and back across the water to Mallaig you see and er then we stayed one time at Fort William and because I love Scotland , so did he and erm and , and then and all r and then , and another thing , erm , this is before I married erm I went down , oh no , both of us , that 's right , we went down to stay at erm not , not Portsmouth er Southsea er there , there 's a place near there , next door
17 But I do n't know how long it is before I get my results back .
18 This is before I left , I I , I have n't done .
19 Do you want to know who it is before I go out ?
20 ‘ Her first professional job was before I was born , and she has taught me a lot . ’
21 B : That was before I was cognisant of the fact that my Wakefield caucus would only have one in over my dead body .
22 This was before I was playing with Chet and everything , so that 's all it really needed , and I 've just tried to keep up since then .
23 And this was before I 'd even hit a ball !
24 ‘ It was before I came here , but I heard a bit from Bee Moore …
25 ‘ That was before I met Mother Clare , and anyway I do n't know where I am going . ’
26 There is no doubt in my mind that I can be the player I was before I got injured .
27 I was before I came up in the world , true , but lower-middle-class , not working-class .
28 . Sir I am the present overseer but these things was before I came to the Parish .
29 ‘ The first time I really took Jo on board was before I 'd ever met her .
30 This was before I did my Leaving .
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