Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv prt] before [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , they were on before you went on your date . |
| 2 | So that you 're , in other words you either , you 're , by having the money back in your hand you are then restored to the position you were in before you bought the goods in the first place . |
| 3 | ‘ Mr. Smith 's evidence comes down essentially to the position that Mr. Winterbone 's mental powers were not materially impaired or materially different from the position they were in before he had his fall and went into either Samuel Saye House or Haine Hospital . |
| 4 | We were through before there was time for nervousness . |
| 5 | So her hands were up and they were off before I knew where they were . |
| 6 | The words were out before she could monitor them . |
| 7 | The words were out before she could stop them . |
| 8 | The words were out before she could stop them . |
| 9 | The words , softly intense , were out before she could stop them . |
| 10 | The words were out before he could stop himself . |
| 11 | What state it was in before it crystallized he does not explain ; certainly it was not glassy . |
| 12 | ‘ It was over before we knew it , ’ said Taliesin later , ‘ and even if it had not been , I do not think we could have got near to the Lad . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Our league campaign this season was over before it began and I could offer a lot of excuses but wo n't . |
| 14 | In moral America , it looked as if the Clinton campaign was over before it had begun . |
| 15 | The conversation was over before it had started . |
| 16 | Carrington 's adventure in Holland was over before it had begun , by two short days . |
| 17 | The party was over before it began . |
| 18 | For these traders , the show was over before it began . |
| 19 | He might have lied about it if he 'd been able to think more quickly , but the truth was out before he knew it . |
| 20 | The question was out before she could bite it back . |
| 21 | The frightened question was out before she could stop it . |
| 22 | The remark was out before she 'd considered the wisdom of it . |
| 23 | The retort was out before she could prevent it . |