Example sentences of "[pron] before it is " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simple things like the rain on the window pane , the cat mewing to come in or the noise of a bus which could be on top of you before it is seen . |
| 2 | Again , timber is noisy stuff and it will frighten the wits out of you before it is in any real danger of breaking . |
| 3 | The north drives … its pupils back into themselves too soon ; and while the spirit of the fiery Egyptian hurries out into the world , too intent on the journeys in the north the spirit prepares to retire into itself before it is ready to travel . |
| 4 | That period is to all intents and purposes part of the sentence , and he ought to know everything that is said about him before it is fixed . |
| 5 | However , many people who start a health regime stop it before it is due to end . |
| 6 | Another woman , evidently heavily pregnant , asked simply if there was ‘ any other way to generate electricity that can , by its very nature , potentially reach inside to my foetus and contaminate it before it is born ’ . |
| 7 | A wide recording head stretches across the jumbo roll of tape and magnetises it before it is slit to domestic size . |
| 8 | Be pro-active and do something about it before it is mentioned . |
| 9 | So we should extend licensing and do all that is necessary to reduce the fleet enough to start to modernise it before it is too late . |
| 10 | Although judges should approve it before it is made , they normally make no enquiries and allow the parties to say whatever they like . |
| 11 | Do n't try to remove anything before it is ready as it will only go wrong in the long run , making all your work so far a complete waste of effort . |
| 12 | In no way do we speculate on anything before it is 100 per cent confirmed evidence . ’ |