Example sentences of "the [noun] before i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So maybe we would have been great to have the skills before I did it , and that 's why I am on the course this Erm , the only thing that I can think of that 's erm , something that I do believe and I am committed to getting changed , is er , a system in our offices , in one of our departments , but I do have erm , authority over the people that I would be talking to , so , I know at the end of the day , I could just say , do it , but I 'm trying to get them to believe in changing erm , and just sort of certain benefits of it . |
| 2 | I tasted the storm before I saw it . |
| 3 | ‘ Call The Ambulance Before I Hurt Myself ’ ( Nettwerk ) |
| 4 | ‘ Call The Ambulance Before I Hurt Myself ’ ( Nettwerk ) |
| 5 | ‘ It was one of her customers , in the days before I made her my manager , ’ he said lightly . |
| 6 | Can I can I just raise a question er to r to clarify the point before I answer your question that I are am I are we to assume that in response to Mr , erm it 's on the record that there 's a er a request to add , clear expression of local preference I by local planning authorities ? |
| 7 | ‘ Could I see the place before I decide anything else ? ’ |
| 8 | Only a prisoner and the nurse had spoken to me the night before I cut myself . |
| 9 | The night before I kept it hot , and hot , and hot , and hot , and by time we did get it at quarter to eight I says to him , oh this is horrible , this ! |
| 10 | I was sitting upright in a pine coffin high on a marble pedestal — Yes , it was the one I 'd dreamt the night before I got my results . |
| 11 | I was physically ill the day before I met her because I was so nervous ! |
| 12 | You 'll want to wait till the end of the month before I put mine in |
| 13 | oh , well I went in there reading the magazine before I bought it , so what , I 'm only looking at them , she goes |
| 14 | I 'll keep away from you , my fine bucko , I thought , and if I drop anything I 'll kick it to the door before I pick it up . |
| 15 | I 'd left it to the end of the meal before I said anything about being arrested . |
| 16 | He will be erm erm yes he was born the year before I had my hysterectomy he was bor yes , but do you know he 'll |
| 17 | The glue covers the books , the pens , everything and I spread it generously around the fastening before I close it up . |
| 18 | I snatched up my doll , Topsey , and laid her in the cart and ran after Mum who was half way down the street before I caught her up . |