Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] before they " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have never actually used these for help or advice myself , as I was aware of my infection before they were formed and had by then come to terms with it . |
| 2 | One expected feature of Microsoft Corp 's new MS-DOS 6 was missing : it was to have incorporated a LAN Manager and Windows for Workgroup client — but corporate beta testers demanded its removal before they would install the thing saying they were worried about users getting unauthorised access to servers . |
| 3 | ‘ Please , ’ she replied , but she was grateful to him that he did not hurry her but allowed her to look her fill before they set off through a pathway of more trees and green parkland . |
| 4 | He slept well that night , getting up early to climb the wet , mildewed stairs to the top of the church tower where he saw the stars clear in the skies , studying their alignment before they faded with the dawn . |
| 5 | She tried to regroup her scattered brain tissue , pulling back pieces of her mind before they were lost for ever . |
| 6 | I said all right , £50 , and he had it tied to the roof of their car before they could make a run for it . |
| 7 | In their car before they get home . |
| 8 | Is it feared that , without this request , passengers would take small change out of pocket or handbag and deliberately leave it on their seat before they proceed to the buffet car ? 11.33am . |
| 9 | The subtlety of the wrap-around influence of alien presuppositions is that they do their work before they are noticed . |
| 10 | A party of schoolchildren are shushed by their teacher before they enter what is more a sanctum than a room in a museum . |
| 11 | But she 'll want their pedigree before they get their hands on her knee . |
| 12 | Second , there must be a facility whereby members of the profession can establish the acceptability of their behaviour before they embark on it — let us call it ‘ ethical support ’ . |
| 13 | Novice teachers clearly have to feel secure in their own role , and establish their own identity , before indulging in experimentation which could undermine their authority before they have actually acquired it . |
| 14 | No aid , however beneficial , is totally without disadvantages and children often need positive encouragement in practising their use before they become aware of the advantages that they offer when adroitly used . |
| 15 | A criticism of the 1990–91 NHS reforms was the absence of pilot schemes to test their efficiency before they were introduced generally . |
| 16 | Crucial to the operation of the scheme was the CNAA 's recognition that some institutions had established successful ‘ internal validating committees ’ as sub-committees of Academic Boards , ‘ responsible for considering schemes on their behalf before they are submitted to the Council ’ , and others had developed faculty or school machinery to do the same . |
| 17 | This is the natural job of a doe making a home for her litter before they arc born , and then her buck helps her . |
| 18 | As the best PR people try to understand their audience before they try to sell something , we must assume that Mr Heseltine is even now reading up on anti-nuclear propaganda . |
| 19 | Ideally individual children should be able to move through the program at their own speed , and if a page is not understood they can be moved to a subroutine that explains and reinforces the point of difficulty , then tests their understanding before they return to the main program . |
| 20 | While the Maryland charter gave the Calverts the same executive authority as the Bishops of Durham held on the Scottish border , it required them to make sure that the colonists had approved the laws of their colony before they came into effect ; it may have been realized from earlier experience that an assembly was needed , or there may have been some feeling that a Catholic colony would have special problems . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , there 's more than one flat for rent in London , is n't there ? ’ their father chipped in to declare , and then , with a fond look at his wife , ‘ And if there is n't , my dear — well , I 'm sure , for such a good cause , we could consider letting Leith and Sebastian have the inheritance from their grandfather before they 're twenty-five . ’ |
| 22 | Twenty per cent of our sample ( 161 men ) lost their virginity before they reached the age of legal consent ( 16 ) . |
| 23 | Another disadvantage of laser printers is that , because they 're page printers , they require the entire page to be stored in their memory before they 'll start printing . |
| 24 | The only mercy is that most of them are put out of their misery before they 've lived a tenth of their natural lifespan . |
| 25 | The smaller one seemed to find it necessary to raise her voice , so that Rupert heard a sentence of their conversation before they passed out of earshot . |
| 26 | Congress , I 'm a Labour Councillor and whenever I sit on the Council I also ask Conservative members to declare their interest before they speak on an issue , so I better declare mine . |
| 27 | Overnight stayers at the Parkside pit camp get priority for drinks over those who have woken at 5am or earlier to register their protest before they carry on to work . |
| 28 | The besieger had become the besieged , and Matilda had only escaped because of the gallant rearguard action of her half-brother , Robert , Earl of Gloucester , as they fought their way out of their castle before they were starved out . |
| 29 | The police did not get his name and address or make enquiries at his workplace to check out his story before they arrested him . |
| 30 | Barry was unable to give the police a description of his assailant as he was always behind him and ripped out the mirror from his car before they drove to Perry 's . |