Example sentences of "was [vb pp] before it [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1987 the ‘ Black Album ’ of pop singer Prince was withdrawn before it was issued , and only a few genuine copies ‘ escaped ’ . |
| 2 | His mistake may have been to assume the election was won before it was fought . |
| 3 | It looks as though the body was moved before it was buried . |
| 4 | Indeed , this was shown before it was demonstrated that the inferotemporal cortex was anatomically part of the visual system . |
| 5 | The GMB says Cllr Kidd was replaced before it was told of her claim . |
| 6 | Mr Stone argues that they have repelled both foreigners and foreign ideas ; that liberalism was junked before it was given a chance to work , socialism implanted without a bourgeoisie , communism introduced without a proletariat . |
| 7 | The existence of radiocarbon in nature was predicted before it was detected , and this prediction was sufficient for an American scientist called Willard Libby to perceive the basis of a dating method . |