Example sentences of "[noun sg] before it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Now we collect firewood before it gets too dark to see . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Now it appears to be on the ‘ at risk ’ register , its reputation battered and bruised , part of it under review before it has even reached its first birthday . |
| 4 | He caught the tea before it toppled , and sat and held her while she howled her eyes out . |
| 5 | So , I am not about to preach , but I feel that you would welcome a glimpse of the future before it arrives . |
| 6 | A British Cox 's apple may have been sprayed 12 times and dipped in fungicide before it reaches your fruit bowl . |
| 7 | The farther it goes from the entrance before it dances , the farther away is the flower that it has discovered . |
| 8 | ‘ You must have a nose like a bloodhound ; sniff out a murder before it 's happened ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You need to eat maybe a third of your body weight before it kills you . |
| 10 | Yet he was also reluctant to let events stifle their friendship before it had properly begun . |
| 11 | No prisoner touches mail before it 's been examined by staff . |
| 12 | After sex the man should withdraw his penis before it gets limp , as otherwise the rubber may come off . |
| 13 | The treetops thrashed violently in a wind that seemed to spend its force before it touched the ground . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've sent for a breakdown lorry-from a garage , so we may be able to salvage the car before it goes right under . ’ |
| 15 | I 'm out of that car before it stops moving , and Des is behind me without even turning it off . |
| 16 | To the south you look down the steeply falling park to where the river slowly bends around Dittisham on the western bank , and to the west a view cut through the trees shows the river almost encircling the Sandridge promontory , its last wide stretch before it narrows upstream to Totnes . |
| 17 | As a result most of our large towns had their select residences on the western side , in positions where they received the benefit of the prevailing wind before it passed over the town or city ; the poorer population residing on the eastern side . |
| 18 | He caught the peel before it hit the floor and threw it out of the window . |
| 19 | The mass media should be free to expose torture before it became institutionalised . |
| 20 | It still ran away from him but he grabbed it again at the second attempt before it went over the line and the chance had gone . |
| 21 | Cleaning your house while the kids are still growing is like shovelling the snow before it stops snowing . |
| 22 | So if you fancy a bit of innocent perv-pop with skeletons in the closet , catch this butterfly before it mutates into a monster . |
| 23 | But surely Michael Banks 's death must end the run before it had even started ; Apparently not , according to the show 's producer , Paul Lexington . ’ |
| 24 | To protect each line , fuses of relevant capacity are incorporated in the positive line of the circuit before it leaves the consumer unit . |
| 25 | Consequently , as stories reached the capital of excessive clampdowns and criticisms , the leadership were unnerved and had to halt the campaign before it got out of hand . |
| 26 | ‘ You will , of course , send me a copy of your manuscript before it goes to press . ’ |
| 27 | The sight of a fearsome bully , intent on picking a fight , may fill us with such terror when our imagination starts working that we have lost the battle before it has even begun . |
| 28 | Lawyers acting for the Queen are set to try to block Living With The Queen before it goes on sale in the US next month . |
| 29 | If you think that you may have a problem dog , seek specialist help before it injures someone . |
| 30 | The Captain picked up his telephone before it had time to ring . |