Example sentences of "a [noun sg] before you [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | [ It was ] just exercises in following instructions … you 'd end up doing a lab before you ended up doing anything about it in lectures . |
| 2 | Find out as much as you can about a job before you apply for it , and certainly before you have an interview . |
| 3 | Q : You had been in the business almost a decade before you appeared in a blockbuster . |
| 4 | ‘ Would you like a drink before you go to bed ? ’ he asked politely , and she found she was nodding . |
| 5 | Start filling them in at least a week before you embark on the diet , so that you have a ‘ base-line ’ from which to judge the effect of the diet . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's good to get your bearings and get a feel of the atmosphere and conditions of a ground before you play on it . |
| 7 | We 'll have a game before you go to bed . |
| 8 | My advice to agencies : send someone out with a quid or so to buy a magazine before you advertise in it ; or better still , have those editorial folk over for a Gordon 's & Tonic . . . . |
| 9 | This program does however highlight the advantages of Shareware , you find out the value of a program before you part with your hard earned money . |
| 10 | ‘ My darling Madeleine , you are n't yet twenty , so it 'll be a year before you come of age . |
| 11 | There is nothing shaming in not owning the place where you live and there is something positively encouraging about having to save for a deposit before you plunge into the housing market . |
| 12 | A teaspoonful before you go to your bed . |
| 13 | A teaspoonful before you go to your bed . |