Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] before they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes they learn , they learn to read lower case before they read capitals . |
| 2 | Yeah , and there 's another couple of guys and they were saying that how strict the training was when they first took it on you know that the their masters used to beat them and everything , into submission , s said they had to have complete submission before they could train them to be what they were , you know , bring them up , teach them and train them |
| 3 | And if the stranger has pleased the local cattle they will show their gratitude by plastering the sides of the vehicle with a generous dolloping of fresh dung before they depart . |
| 4 | It was another hour before they were called back . |
| 5 | So when he turned to her casually in the car , and suggested that they call in at his house for some tea before they parted , Folly found herself leaping on the suggestion with almost indecent haste . |
| 6 | Drugs are subjected to rigorous testing before they can be marketed , and the same should be a statutory requirement for implants . |
| 7 | The remaining 30% leave clerical work before they are 30 . |
| 8 | The signal contents of these responses need careful reconsideration before they can be related to VOR adaptation . |
| 9 | The prospect for holding UDC schedules as a thesaurus is promising , but the schedules will need some adjustment before they can be adopted in an operational system . |
| 10 | Er in fact I think John perhaps ought to introduce a , a course of self restraint for estuary management negotiators erm so that they can have er some pre-training before they go into this forum . |
| 11 | Black tea is perhaps more familiar to most people ; the withered leaves are left to fully oxidise ( ferment naturally ) to the familiar dark brown colour before they are dried . |
| 12 | Almost certainly Kuhn would agree with this : students must learn a rather simplified and approximate version of the current state of scientific knowledge before they can grapple with the more sophisticated ideas and evaluate the claims of competing theories . |
| 13 | A recent study by the North London Polytechnic shows that about 27 per cent of men have been victims of some unwanted sexual contact before they are 18 , compared to over 50 per cent for women . |
| 14 | Mr de Klerk will meet John Major this morning before they travel to Twickenham . |
| 15 | In theory it 's a lovely idea , a whole day just relaxing and listening to God etc , but actually Dad was rather ‘ down ’ this morning before they left — I think he was worried he 'd have more of the Virgin Mary rammed down his throat , and , quite frankly , would rather be playing golf with Mark , or going for a gentle walk with all of us . |
| 16 | It 's ten o'clock this morning before they |
| 17 | And er a and then they 'd go , they 'd , they 'd , if the mother was strong healthy and everything was going alright they 'd probably leave it another month before they went . |
| 18 | He would go himself and bring back some news before they even knew that he had gone . |
| 19 | ‘ Local derbies , I luv 'em , ’ chuckled Big Mal , who once lowered Manchester United 's flag to half mast before they clashed with his Manchester City team at Maine Road . |
| 20 | Instead , structured gestural sequences , or syntagmata as MacNeill calls them , might already have had a rudimentary grammar before they were overlaid by speech . |
| 21 | The Brazilians want to remind themselves of the British style before they meet Scotland in Italy . |
| 22 | The next time he makes me stand in the rain when I need answers to questions , he may well be treated to a proverbial Glasgow kiss , but I do wish those who choose to criticise him ( and , given his superb all-round game , his one Major title does deserve scrutiny ) would give some consideration before they complain . |
| 23 | So Mr MacGregor 's hard work may yet come to grief , even if he sorts that problem out there 's another obstacle to privatization running smoothly , many on the railways think the private sector will need a generous subsidy before they 'd be interested , if their not attracted the state will have to spend more to make the new structure work , a lot more . |
| 24 | Some of the numbers , for example lost contribution , need further analysis before they can be used , but the principle is the same . |
| 25 | A team with recharged batteries will therefore face Dundee , the side who beat Rangers in August , at Ibrox tomorrow as Smith 's players concentrate on securing the championship and removing Hearts from the Scottish Cup before they go to the south of France . |
| 26 | In practice materials generally only reach a small fraction of their theoretical strength before they break and so the release of strain energy is usually far less than the energy which would be provided by an equivalent weight of explosive . |
| 27 | It gives them time to think about this information before they tackle the listening task . |
| 28 | The expressions we have arrived at so far still need further refinement before they are presentable as sentences of standard English . |
| 29 | These have to be broken down by the digestive system before they are absorbed as single units of mainly glucose and fructose . |
| 30 | Becky cautioned him against rushing into another venture before they had discovered what their profit margins were like , and then only if the rather elderly assistants knew what they were up to . |