Example sentences of "before [pers pn] begin [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She came to seem me before I began to use the LM potencies and there was some minor pathology in the kidney related to surgery for prolapsed kidney , so I was reluctant to use higher than 200 . |
| 2 | For a number of seasons , before I began teaching at New York University and going to the Horn of Africa during the early part of the season , I was a tipster for the Sydney Morning Herald . |
| 3 | I 'd probably been teaching for about four years before I began to have that confidence . |
| 4 | It was a time before I began to understand her a little better and realise that a lot of this was actually a sort of ‘ attention-getting ’ — a bit of theatre just to see how people would react — to manipulate situations a little . |
| 5 | Before I begin to examine these ‘ internal ’ factors , it would be useful to provide a little background information . |
| 6 | Mine starts at least two weeks before I begin fishing and continues , albeit less frequently , for as long as I am fishing that water . |
| 7 | Before I begin to read I push some boxes across to the place where Summerchild sat facing me and dust them to make him a desk and chair . |
| 8 | Moreover , she thought a great deal about what she was going to do long before she began working , and it had become possible for her to execute a painting with great precision . |
| 9 | Her face still , as it sometimes was before she began to cry . |
| 10 | Adam wondered if Abigail sometimes woke up and looked for him in the dark , in the empty room , and fretted for a while before she began to cry . |
| 11 | The girl 's face came alive , eyes sparkling , hands raised to her parted lips in an expression halfway between exultation and tears of joy , before she began to clap furiously . |
| 12 | I just wanted the fight to stop before you began wading in with the rucksack . ’ |
| 13 | However , it is possible that you may have surged before you began testing or that you are about to experience your LH surge . |
| 14 | Before you begin teaching , decide in which group your pupils belong . |
| 15 | Before you begin to fill in any application form make sure you have read and thoroughly understood any accompanying notes . |
| 16 | It is like turning to the end of the story before you begin reading it , to find out if the bad dies got their just deserts , or the good guys won . |
| 17 | Allow sufficient time for your beneficial bacteria to build-up in your aquarium or pond system before you begin to load with livestock . |
| 18 | It is better , though , for you to restrain your natural impatience to make a start , and take time instead to read the book of instructions before you begin pressing any of the buttons . |
| 19 | I should like to have a good bath — I have n't had one for weeks — and something to eat , before you begin to cut me up as though I were one of your business opponents laid out for you to hand them the coup de grâce . ’ |
| 20 | I do feel that it is extremely important to think first what your nearest and dearest would really like before you begin to knit . |
| 21 | When this is being done the blocking rail must be fully closed before you begin to knit again . |
| 22 | Measurements and floor plan alone wo n't convey the atmosphere , but if a personal viewing is not possible make sure you have been supplied with written details before you begin working out your item . |
| 23 | State the condition before you begin shopping : ‘ You can have a comic if you stay close by me while I am shopping . ’ |
| 24 | Thus the best advice is to plan your aquarium or pond system correctly before you begin to introduce livestock checking , and ensuring ideal parameters of water quality and low stress levels . |
| 25 | Before you begin to think that it might be safer to starve than to eat and run the risk of food poisoning , it 's important to get the whole matter of food poisoning into perspective . |
| 26 | This means that , before you begin to think about colours and the names of varieties , you have to be clear about what you would like to do and what it is possible to do , perhaps planting kinds and types about which you may have heard but are not familiar with and which would add variation and interest to your garden . |
| 27 | " Study the historian before you begin to study the facts … |
| 28 | Before you begin ensure that you have the following to hand : |
| 29 | Of course , you will not be waiting for your child 's fifth or sixth birthday before you begin putting across the idea of good manners . |
| 30 | Before you begin to write , think over what you have learned from the previous exercise . |