Example sentences of "[noun pl] before it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | With great speed , the CWA created jobs for over 4 million Americans , constructing new highways , airports and schools before it ended in April 1934 . |
| 3 | Instantly sparks crackled in Twoflower 's hair and there was a sudden gust of hot dry wind that did n't disturb the dust in the way that ordinary wind should but , instead , whipped it up momentarily into unpleasantly half-living shapes before it settled again . |
| 4 | The gap between the two sets of heads is thus virtually nil , and so the tape is cleared of all previously recorded signals before it reaches the record-heads . |
| 5 | if it gets too big a hole you see , it could be months before it heals up ! |
| 6 | To cut a long story short , the church was granted special provision to use the building twelve months before it became generally available ; I was elected to the executive and later became a trustee of the community centre . |
| 7 | Central principal John Dornan said details of the report were known to school management months before it became public — and a recent re-inspection is expected to show the school has made ‘ significant improvements ’ . |
| 8 | It sounds a desperate measure ; but if it 's happening in California , it can only be a matter of months before it takes off here . |
| 9 | It took about nine months before it started getting a grip of us really . |
| 10 | Can do , it can take several months before it comes out . |
| 11 | He looked tired and drawn , and for a moment , she told herself there was a look of pleasure in his eyes before it vanished and he reached out to prevent the door closing . |
| 12 | The National Graphical Association incurred four contempt fines totalling £675,000 and eventual sequestration of its funds before it called off its illegal picketing ( under the 1980 Act ) against Mr Eddie Shah 's publishing company in 1983 . |
| 13 | According to the Treasury and Civil Service Select Committee , the Bank of England failed to discharge its supervisory duties before it shut down the Bank of Credit and Commerce International in July , 1991 . |
| 14 | At first the gospel of family limitation appears to have been spread most effectively among the middle classes before it percolated through to the working classes . |
| 15 | Nonetheless , two microseconds is a long time compared with many things that happen in and around the atomic nucleus , and the muon has a chance to initiate several fusions before it dies . |
| 16 | Alvarez was fully aware of the ‘ bad news ’ part of the equation-the muon 's brief life which only allowed it to catalyse a handful of fusions before it perished . |
| 17 | It had been a couple of days before it dawned on him : they were the full-size versions of the houses and station buildings he and his father had made up for their never-quite-finished model railway layout . |
| 18 | Or it could be three or four days before it arrives . |
| 19 | The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) said Mr Rao was too busy fighting a factional war in his Congress Party to read intelligence reports about the attack days before it took place . |
| 20 | Born black in the Aliso Project , in the days before it became Mexican , he became a cop 20 years ago because he thought it was an honourable job . |
| 21 | Sometimes a murder enquiry will have been going on for some days before it emerges that there is a sexual element involved . |
| 22 | ‘ I saw Mick and Jerry two days before it came out in the papers and they seemed absolutely fine , ’ he says . |
| 23 | AN Asian radio station has been rocked by a terror campaign just days before it launches . |
| 24 | We 've heard nothing until two days before it starts . |
| 25 | cos er , you have to wait three days for it , and then cheque 's got ta clear in the bank , it 's like our Mark he had a cheque put in his , he had to wait three days before it cleared went in on the Wednesday , Thursday , Friday , do n't count Saturday , Sunday , Monday , cleared by Tuesday dinner time |
| 26 | Some businessmen say they 're losing trade as a result because people are getting bored with Christmas weeks before it arrives . |
| 27 | In the past Gates had claimed to have heard rumours of the operation only on Oct. 1 , 1986 , less than seven weeks before it became public . |
| 28 | He liked that contempt , that resentment ; the first time he saw it in the boy 's face he knew it reminded him of something , but it was weeks before it came to him what it was . |
| 29 | The plane 's ‘ black box ’ was found yesterday — but it will be weeks before it yields clues to the cause of the crash . |
| 30 | The material will succumb to whichever mechanism is the weaker ; if it yields before it cracks the material is ductile , if it cracks before it yields it is brittle . |