Example sentences of "before [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pron] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Happily Lendl 's humour resurfaced when he was asked what difference marriage had made : ‘ Before I could do everything I wanted to do , now I have to ask . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Then , before I could stop her she got my father out of bed and told him the whole thing . |
| 3 | ‘ But before I could say anything I discovered suddenly that I 'd meant nothing to you but an unimportant little romantic adventure , ’ he added bitterly . |
| 4 | Before I could say anything he continued with , ‘ You must have a girlfriend somewhere , Piper , a smart-looking bloke like you . ’ |
| 5 | But before I could say anything he started to shout at me , saying ‘ Mrs Desai , you ca n't talk back to me or to Mr Diffy or Mr Mike . ’ |
| 6 | How many more times will it take before I can convince you I have n't seen or heard anything remotely suspicious ? ’ |
| 7 | And then , before she could realise what he was at and pull away , his lips brushed hers , so gently , so fleetingly that she might almost have dreamed it . |
| 8 | He put the candle-holder down on it , then turned towards her , and before she could stop him he gave her a kiss so gentle that it hardly registered , and she stared at him , wide-eyed , put her hand to where he had saluted her , and said huskily , ‘ No , ’ although what she meant by that neither he nor she knew . |
| 9 | Then before she could stop herself she asked : ‘ You 're not really going to Australia are you , Harriet ? ’ |
| 10 | And before she could stop herself she blurted out , ‘ She 's just like Sylvie , is n't she ? ’ |
| 11 | And before she could stop herself she came out with it . |
| 12 | Before she could explain what she meant , Mr Hollins was laughing at her . |
| 13 | She looked as if she was waiting for me so before she could say anything I spoke . |
| 14 | Before she could ask whom he intended to marry this time he said , ‘ After you left and I had that final bust-up with Marc I rang Marianne and told her she could do better than marry a penniless school-kid . ’ |
| 15 | Before she could warn him he caught his foot against the bag and fell backwards , twisting to save himself , and ended in a contorted heap . |
| 16 | Because you might they might say before you can do anything you 've got ta give them this fourteen days notice . |
| 17 | ‘ I hope John does n't hear about the bombing , or our Eileen or Joe before we can tell them we 're all safe , ’ Anne said . |
| 18 | And then , before anybody could realise what she was doing , she turned her wrist and tipped the entire contents of the glass down the Maître d 's shirtfront . |
| 19 | The manager still makes all the decisions , but believes that subordinates need to be motivated to accept them before they will do what he wants them to . |
| 20 | Estabrook watched the smoke drift up over the assassin 's grey eyes , and before he could prevent himself he was telling his story , the rules he 'd drawn for this exchange forgotten . |
| 21 | ‘ Probably you as well , Sir , ’ I replied , ‘ Your own trench is just over the wall in Brigade H.Q ’ He glared up at me and before he could say anything I beat a hasty retreat . |
| 22 | If it was flat on it was the same because he 's got to go right through to the sline before he could get anything you see ? |
| 23 | The little one 's heard Mummy pull up on the drive and has come down the stairs well before anyone could say anything he got it out . |