Example sentences of "before she could [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.

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1 Before she could reply , before she could sort out the details , even , he launched himself on her and stopped her mouth with his .
2 But fitzAlan spoke again before she could pin down the feeling .
3 Before she could set out the cups she had to remove a large heavy book — Crockford — which occupied the centre of the table .
4 But before she could set off the next day , the hospital telephoned with bad news .
5 For a moment she was blinded by the glare of headlights before she could pick out the white mini behind them .
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