Example sentences of "it before [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do not have to encode what we want to say from something else before we can say it , or decode it before we can understand it . |
| 2 | ‘ Just picked up my yoghurt and cucumber sandwich and ate it before I could stop him . |
| 3 | She had an anonymous letter last night , and tried to burn it before I could see it . |
| 4 | It is mysteriously sad when death severs a very happy marriage — you have to experience it before you can realize it … |
| 5 | She said , ‘ Mr Evans , I 've something to tell you , something important , ’ and then rushed straight into it before he could stop her and say , ‘ Clear out while I 'm eating . ’ |
| 6 | Mona reached it before he could fling it open and order Charles out . |
| 7 | After ringing the bell several times she reluctantly pushed her husband 's letter through the letter-box — he had very meanly sealed it before she could read it — and took the holdall around to the boiler room at the back of the house . |