Example sentences of "before [pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Long before I came up to the gate out of Bourani , I saw something whitish lying in the gap . |
| 2 | I was before I came up in the world , true , but lower-middle-class , not working-class . |
| 3 | Before I set off for the station for the train to Puno , I loaded up with imodium to seal my loose , nervous bowels ; folded my chain and felt its weight in my hand . |
| 4 | So er to look at it er another way , w I , I 'll stop before I go back to the erm slides , because I want to show you a few on you know erm er the way that money 's worked over the last forty years , but if you look at index-linked certificates , cos somebody mentioned that , are they worth having ? |
| 5 | So it was maybe a half-hour before I go back to the main adobe . |
| 6 | I probably smile slightly before I go out of the room and come back downstairs to commence : |
| 7 | which I shall not attempt to conceal from you , but before I come down to the details let me say that Darwinism occupies such a central position in evolutionary biology — in biology as a whole , not just in evolutionary biology but in the whole of biology — that any important , new idea in biology has to be , to some extent , judged by its compatibility with , or its contradictions of , the Darwinian position . |
| 8 | I had a busy day and it was after six o'clock before I got round to The Laurels . |
| 9 | ‘ You probably took them this morning while I was sleeping , or maybe right now , before I got back from the jetty . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Look , dottore , they knew I was there before I got out of the car , before they 'd even had a glimpse of me . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Later in the week he said he was falling in love with me and kissed me just before I got out of the car . |
| 12 | This time I waited to make sure before I ventured out on the jetty , but it was Neil 's boat , and Neil himself standing ready to step out of it as it nosed in alongside the landing-place . |
| 13 | ‘ You going up to town , Mum ? ’ he said , as I scribbled my shopping list just before I dashed out of the house to catch my train . |
| 14 | Most attention concentrated on the last sentence of my statement which I had inserted just before I stood up in the House of Commons : |
| 15 | ‘ Good bye , Granny , I 'll try to be a good girl , ’ I sobbed before I stood back for the undertaker to screw down the lid . |
| 16 | Erm she 's doing numeracy power with them at the moment before she gets on to the because I believe she 's got to sort out some programs for as yet . |
| 17 | A quick flick of a comb through her hair — there was no hat to accessorise this dress — she reached for the crocodile clutch bag and moved towards the doorway for Arlene to give her a quick check before she stepped out onto the catwalk again . |
| 18 | Get up with Mum , have a coffee with her before she went off to the early shift , lay the table , shout up to the little ones to get up or else , put the bacon on the grill , put the beans in the pan , butter the bread , boil the kettle . |
| 19 | There was a terrible row between em just before she went out to the boat an got blown up , God rest 'er soul . |
| 20 | One last peer before she went back to the basting brought a gasp from Sally : He 's coming this way ! ’ |
| 21 | His wife answered and I heard a background conversation before she came back to the phone . |
| 22 | Before she arrived back at the house , my sister would do as most kids would . |
| 23 | Oh , and before that , before she collapsed on to the bed , she called him a bastard . |
| 24 | It 'll be after 2am before she bunks down in The Hitman coach on the way back to London . |
| 25 | Myra watched them go , a happy smile on her face , before she turned back into the dressing-room to swathe the wedding gown in its covers . |
| 26 | Pascoe pictured the woman watching the man out of sight before she turned back to the phone . |
| 27 | However , Beinn Alligin provides no such logistical problems and it 's a fabulous start to the walk up the Abhainn Coire Mhic Nobuil through a forest , again passing close to some splendid waterfalls , before you veer off to the left and head towards the dauntingly steep corrie that is the most direct route to the summit . |
| 28 | And the other point made by the consumer adviser is try to have a good look at what you 've chosen before you walk out of the shop . |
| 29 | There was quite an unpleasant scene before you came in with the punch . |
| 30 | Practise each one until you are familiar with it — and , if you can resist the temptation to turn the page too quickly , do this before you go on to the next chapter . |