Example sentences of "before he [verb] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A dry sob broke from the man 's lips before he brought himself back under control . |
| 2 | The hay was only alight for 3 seconds before he put it out with his hand . |
| 3 | He listened before he let himself out of the cellar , but there still seemed to be nobody around ; Reynolds felt gritty and smeared , at an unhappy disadvantage if he should have to lie his way out of an embarrassing situation . |
| 4 | He cut the power by the meter and collected his roll and the half-completed form from the kitchen table before he let himself out through the back door . |
| 5 | He gently insisted that Francis Morgan got a cup of tea , with sugar , down him before he escorted him out to the waiting car . |
| 6 | Even so , it seemed forever before he drew her back into his arms . |
| 7 | But he is also an American and before he guns you down in cold blood , in the manner you so justly deserve I might add , I 'm sure he will see his way clear to giving you a dying request . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ A person who receives goods on sale or return and at once passes them on to someone else under a like contract is entitled to demand them from that third person just as soon as the original owner of the goods has the right to demand them from him , but I am clear that , if he allows a period to elapse before he hands them on to a third person on sale or return , he has done an act which limits and impedes his power of returning the goods . |
| 9 | He was nicknamed ‘ The Resurrection Man ’ because he would row up and down the river by night , fishing up floating bodies — and picking their pockets before he handed them over to the police and claimed his reward . |