Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] before they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because iron structural members were used in circumstances where great strength was required , it is very unlikely that serious defects , such as could affect timber or masonry before they become unsafe , can arise without causing collapse . |
| 2 | ‘ More farmers will become seriously disabled through illness or accident before they retire and will die before they retire . |
| 3 | Another group went to talk to the ‘ Educated Youth ’ ( i.e. young people who after leaving school in the city go to work in the commune and learn from the peasants ) — after 2 or more years in the country , a few of them may get the chance for further training or education before they are assigned to their jobs ( there is no such thing as applying for a job here ) . |
| 4 | The Vasiliki ware included some peculiar long-spouted ‘ teapots ’ and jugs : the spouts have distinctive upturned sides and a curious joint or articulation before they join the main body of the vessel . |
| 5 | Most predators probably have to sample and kill at least one wasp or bee before they learn to identify it as unpleasant . |
| 6 | It is only a matter or time before they die … and there are few new sapling in these machine-cut hedges to replace them , even if farmers wanted them . |
| 7 | Briefly , child psychology is a luxury which only a small section of the world 's parents can afford to consider : mothers need a respite from the most urgent problems of hunger , sickness and exposure before they can give much attention to questions of personal adjustment and maladjustment . |
| 8 | Others work better late at night , while a few people prefer to be up early in the morning and study before they go to work . |
| 9 | They suffered years of guilt and dissimulation before they could announce their own agnosticism or adamant disbelief . |
| 10 | It may therefore provide the incentive for the most thorough pre-purchase behaviour , and marketers hoping to supply such products may have to be prepared for extensive enquiry and investigation before they will manage to sell any of them . |
| 11 | They had not taken the step of demanding political change to make the decisions which affected their lives a matter of debate and consent before they were taken . |
| 12 | The poorest readers are those who read word byword , even letter by letter ; and the best are those who are n't conscious of " reading words " at all , and who use context and meaning before they use word analysis . |
| 13 | And night before they 'd sunk a hospital ship . |
| 14 | To be effective it is important that practitioners are ‘ free of prejudice concerning illegitimacy , heredity and adoption before they can be at ease with adoptive parents ’ ( Brebner et al , 1985 ) . |
| 15 | Cassie knew suddenly that she desperately wanted to see her mother and father before they left England . |
| 16 | What will he do next start selling the likes of Whelan and Tinkler before they have a chance to mature ? |
| 17 | Then we 'll hurry to the room where the King is , and kill Detchard and Bersonin before they have time to kill the King . ’ |
| 18 | First the sadness and disarray , then the evanescent transcendence ; then the bodies put on clothes again , and there is a prowl of word and gesture before they go their separate ways . |
| 19 | Many of them had had to wrestle for years with their consciences and suffer agonies of anxiety and insecurity before they could finally convince themselves that they were included within the elect group of saints which was predestined for heaven . |
| 20 | ‘ Back to your Mum and Dad before they start to miss you . ’ |