Example sentences of "[noun sg] before i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Janine conquered her fear before I did . |
| 2 | ‘ Just one final nightcap before I turn in . ’ |
| 3 | If , having considered the document , you would like to obtain further details it may be necessary for me to disclose your identity to the vendor 's agent before I am able to obtain further information . |
| 4 | I felt disillusioned , stale and cynical and I wanted to take a break before I started taking it out on the callers . |
| 5 | She gave me an extra pillow , kept me supplied with boiling bottles , brought me Vichy , and my meals on a little round table , actually produced a bottle of alcool camphre & frictioned me & gave me some lime flower tea before I went to sleep . |
| 6 | ‘ You rest there a while , Mrs Miller , ’ the girl said with unusual boldness , ‘ and I 'll make you a fresh brew of tea before I start on the drawing room . ’ |
| 7 | Can I make you some more tea before I go ? ’ |
| 8 | than that dear it 's down the other end , the other side of Old Harlow , but he used to have a surgery there which he , you know , made it better after the erm , to ease up Dr surgery cos that was so packed and the shops were absolutely and you used to have to queue and queue for , to get your shopping , you could n't , I used to cycle into Harlow and leave my cycle somewhere and then go along do my shopping , but it used to be two or three hours ' job it was , you did n't get done till dinner time and then I used to call it a , a lady used to say call there that used to have the fried fish and chip shop on the corner of erm Harlow and I used to go there and have a cup of tea before I came home because I used to be so long shopping you could n't get served you see , it 's too many people , there was nowhere else for them to go , it was only Bishop 's Stortford you had to go |
| 9 | All done , were having a cup of tea before I drop Jean at Marg 's . |
| 10 | He sent me a memorandum directing me to inform him in future before I write to any newspaper periodical on matters appertaining to the force . |
| 11 | I wonder why you did n't phone your lawyer before I ever got to the front door . ’ |
| 12 | I 'm supposed to me meeting up with halvard on sunday when he comes up to newcastle , but I think he left for england before I had time to mail him my phone number . |
| 13 | Thinking before I speak |
| 14 | We will leave it to Goldberg to disengage the tone from the shit , he wrote , we will leave it to Honeyman and McGough , much good may it do them , though I will no doubt come back to the question before my project is completed , the big glass and the notes to the big glass , these two to be worked on at night , and this freewheeling commentary on both to be written by day , putting down whatever comes into my head after a night 's work , no correction , no revision , whatever comes into my head , the first two to be worked on by artificial light , the strategy clear , this by natural light wherever possible , no strategy at all , the first to be exhibited , the second to be published in the form of sheets in a box , a blue box or a red box , I have not yet made up my mind , in a limited edition , not a luxury edition but a restricted edition , five hundred boxes perhaps or even two hundred and fifty , all that will become clearer in the course of my work on the big glass , of my work on the notes to the big glass , now I have finally embarked on the major project of my life , the climactic project of my life , leading to the end of my life , all will grow clearer , wrote Harsnet , whether to try and call back and destroy all I have done till now or let it be , whether to burn this commentary or let it be , or perhaps leave it to Goldberg to do whatever he wants with , all these things will no doubt be resolved before the work is completed , that is the beauty of being in the middle of a project , that time itself , which had seemed such an enemy before I started , rushing forward and dragging me with it , impervious to my pleas , has suddenly turned friendly , flops down at my feet , licks my ankles , lets me know it is on my side . |
| 15 | My picture was also there but I still had to present my ID before I was allowed to play a note of Mozart or whatever . |
| 16 | For a few seconds the sheer force of the wind supported my weight before I stumbled into a lull between squalls . |
| 17 | ‘ When I thanked you just now , by the way , it was because you got me out of the boat before I hit the water this time . ’ |
| 18 | My plan is usually to remove the Helblaster from the battlefield before I advance . |
| 19 | ‘ Call The Ambulance Before I Hurt Myself ’ ( Nettwerk ) |
| 20 | ‘ Call The Ambulance Before I Hurt Myself ’ ( Nettwerk ) |
| 21 | My father said the 17-horse power would use too much petrol , but it gave me a year 's pleasure before I swopped it for an A30 van . |
| 22 | And he put out his hand , but I quickly wiped mine on my pinafore before I shook hands . |
| 23 | I found the door unlocked as I had given my master the key before I left ; the light was poor but I could see nothing had been disturbed so lay down on the bed , pulling the curtains around me . |
| 24 | I have waited 20 years for a decision on the Ardrossan-Saltcoats-Stevenston bypass , and I am sure that the Minister will give me a favourable result before I retire at the next election . |
| 25 | ‘ No , I need to have words with a friend of mine who 's got a car before I do anything else . |
| 26 | Richard was out of the car before I could open my door . |
| 27 | Just quit acting like the silly , irresponsible female you undoubtedly are and get in this car before I get out and make you ! ’ |
| 28 | So Herbie did n't try and jump in the car before I could lift him and trying to get Audrey in with her stiff leg . |
| 29 | I suppose I 'm reluctant to go into the school side before I have to because I 'm not very good with kids . ’ |
| 30 | One of the lads asked me at a dance how I had earned my living before I had got married . |