Example sentences of "[adj] before he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Penry 's plate was half empty before he said a word , other than grunts of pure appreciation . |
| 2 | For maximum effect he was required to repeat his humiliating confession in public before he was burned . |
| 3 | A man I know told me that he was twenty years old before he realised that his mother really loved him . |
| 4 | Archie Moore , one of the finest light-heavyweights ever to step into the ring , was 39 years old before he finally got ( and seized ) his chance to win the world title in 1952 . |
| 5 | Ling was thoughtful before he said , ‘ So you think it will stay that way ? |
| 6 | Section 5(2) — ( 4 ) deals with cases where property belongs to the accused before he dishonestly appropriates it . |
| 7 | Mr Cable should get his facts straight before he makes false allegations . |
| 8 | The changes are still under way at Liverpool and Souness will put a few more noses out of joint before he 's finished . |
| 9 | He came racing towards me just as I got out , I had already shed my parachute in the aircraft to get out a little more schnell before he accosted me , I got the most bitter rollicking for leaving the aircraft outside his engineering hangar area . |
| 10 | We 'd have a respite of about a fortnight if we were lucky before he went down with the next one . |
| 11 | I was unique before he |
| 12 | Marcos fairy tale A touching story has reached me from the Manila Times of how Ferdinand Marcos had planned to bequeath more than £2.5bn in gold to his beloved people , but fell ill before he could sign the will . |
| 13 | Did he look ill before he started on his breakfast daddy ? |
| 14 | It would help the hon. Gentleman — because it is unusual for him — to check his facts or to read his Conservative Central Office brief before he speaks , or at least to memorise it . |
| 15 | He 'd be sick before he was halfway through . ’ |
| 16 | He would be bald before he was fifty but I did n't think now was the time to tell him . |
| 17 | My horse Paddy obviously did n't share my enthusiasm to explore and took a considerable amount of cajoling , digging , tapping and firm slapping before he would lift one hoof from the ground and get going . |
| 18 | We wanted him to be well before he started school , so we took advantage of the health care scheme offered by my company and by many other companies and trade unions . ’ |
| 19 | Arthur Conway had been married before he met her mother . |
| 20 | He , however , looks rough before he shaves and dresses , demonstrating the still prevailing differences between the way men and women are treated aesthetically on screen . |
| 21 | It was late before he left , a calm quiet night now , the storm long gone . |
| 22 | How can a man , hale and hearty before he retired , be found poisoned the next morning , when no one visited him and he remained locked in his room ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ That 's why we have to be sure before he goes back . ’ |
| 24 | He concluded that Lewis had been knocked unconscious before he drowned . |
| 25 | ‘ He was , ’ says Andrew Sarris , ‘ notorious before he was famous . ’ |
| 26 | She had been very lonely before he arrived , with no one to talk to but her brother , Walter , and he was the most taciturn of men . |
| 27 | He was banned five times between 1964 and 1967 but his flexibility as a player was such that Bremner played as a winger and a sweeper for Leeds United before he became the club 's midfield dynamo . |
| 28 | His career as a musician failed to take off and in a fit of depression one night he got drunk before he was due to on stage at a trawlermen 's club in Hull . |
| 29 | He took a long breath , becoming severely practical before he got out of his depth . |
| 30 | That is , Fairley was violent and sexually abusive before he established his collection of video nasties . |