Example sentences of "[noun] before [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Janine conquered her fear before I did . |
| 2 | ‘ I think he was mad with fear before he began to run . |
| 3 | It took a long time to break away from the idea that children were at best potentially evil and indolent , that they were little pitchers that had to be filled with information and moral guidance before they filled themselves with wickedness , idleness , and nonsense . |
| 4 | ‘ Just one final nightcap before I turn in . ’ |
| 5 | Perhaps she heard his steps before he knocked — she opened the door very quickly — and he wondered for a moment if she had been as she had when he last saw her , standing just inside the door , her head on one side , listening , as she had listened to the bombs , and to the siren she heard before it was sounded . |
| 6 | As I run I 'm computing the Mamba 's speed in that heavy black frock against my chances of making it up the north transept steps before he rounds the corner . |
| 7 | Right the idea of this little chat this briefing before we go out and do the er driving assessments next week is just to sort of give you an idea and a and a bit of an inroad into what we 're looking at and what we 'll be doing next week . |
| 8 | APTS are currently concentrating their campaign on schools , trying to deter youngsters from petty crime before they have a chance to start . |
| 9 | He is lucky that he confessed his action before we discovered it , for that is all that has saved his life . ’ |
| 10 | 5 Implementation of the ‘ precautionary principle ’ so that we anticipate problems and take action before they become acute . |
| 11 | Implementation of the ‘ precautionary principle ’ so that we anticipate problems and take action before they become acute . |
| 12 | As the crisis came to a head , however , the hunger strikers were persuaded to call off their action before anyone became seriously ill by promises of further investigations into their allegations of ‘ undemocratic ’ practices at the college . |
| 13 | The defective article might still be in the manufacturer 's possession three years after the date of manufacture , and he might sell it later , but no one would have the hardihood to suggest that the three years ' limitation had already cut off all right of action before he had sold it . |
| 14 | This actually allows the lift maintenance monitoring organisations to know that the lift is out of action before you do . |
| 15 | ‘ Sapt , ’ I said , ‘ I promise I 'll do one thing for Ruritania before I leave it . ’ |
| 16 | With DLT you can look at all files that will be deleted with your command before you execute it , so for those a little wary of deleting files , that feature alone makes this program a must . |
| 17 | Well when you reboot it then remember to type your mouse command before you start Windows . |
| 18 | ‘ Now we collect firewood before it gets too dark to see . |
| 19 | We do not wish to say how a writer should organise his written discourse into paragraphs before we have managed to characterise , in any comprehensive way , how writers typically do so . |
| 20 | You phoned INCUBUS before you left Helsinki . |
| 21 | Okay I suggest we take a five minute break before we go on and just talk about regionalization and get a coffee or whatever . |
| 22 | I felt disillusioned , stale and cynical and I wanted to take a break before I started taking it out on the callers . |
| 23 | At first , Stockwood seemed to prevaricate when journalists asked pointed questions about his admiration for Ceauşescu : his praise , he said , referred to Ceauşescu before he went off the rails . |
| 24 | According to a spokesman for the Birmingham Midshires building society , which still provides finance for self-build schemes , people are now encouraged to sell their first homes before they start building a new one . |
| 25 | Formed in 1918 in Waco , Texas , the squadron had several American homes before it came over to England as part of NATO — moving to Upper Heyford in 1970 . |
| 26 | Most young drivers have spent very little time behind the wheel before they pass their test and in many cases , they 're the ones at fault when accidents happen . |
| 27 | Normal , rational , decently partisan punters open their doors just enough to get their noses through , growl a quick ‘ Yeah , you 're all right , mate ’ or ‘ Sod off , ’ and disappear back to the snooker before you 've got time to scribble a tick on your clipboard . |
| 28 | What I was if any other matter comes into light before it comes in we do n't do anything about it and that 's why I would oppose that because of this because one it 's not necessary to move something that we would look at it and sit back and after the inspector reports . |
| 29 | ‘ Seemed as if she had that one last flare of light before she went out . ’ |
| 30 | This is an alcohol this is an ether now while we 've got the opportunity we 'll talk about the naming of ethers before we get onto this this last form of structural isomerism . |