Example sentences of "before i [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before I knocked on the Ass . |
| 2 | He went on , ‘ Matt lived here alone for years before I came on the scene . |
| 3 | No , I was told before I came on the course , you 're going on the course to learn to make maximum use out of it , you 're not going on an almighty second holiday and |
| 4 | Just before I went on my first furlough after five years ' service , the Bishop of Rangoon , Norman Tubbs , called me and told me that on my return from furlough he wanted me to take over the training of the Burmese clergy . |
| 5 | Yeah , the sort of thing Lucy and I were talking about earlier is , it was just before I went on holiday so my memory is kind of hazy , it 's one where I was going to see the Arts Council and see if they were interested in the idea if they work |
| 6 | Before I comment on the Bill in any detail , I must declare a possible future interest with British Rail in activities that are unrelated to my parliamentary duties . |
| 7 | Just to highli I 'd just like to highlight a few of the principles before I comment on this dishonesty of this Government in , on the one hand enacting a major piece of legislation and on the other hand doing it in such a way that Councils 'll settle for failure because resources have not been allocated . |
| 8 | ‘ I shall have to go Ted , I 've got a lot to do before I go on shift . |
| 9 | Before I go on a DV I feel a bit like a private eye . |
| 10 | ‘ He has been offered a player/coach position at Exeter City and that 's obviously interesting him but I will be getting in touch with him before I go on holiday to see what he 's doing . |
| 11 | we 'll get it before I go on my break , is that alright ? |
| 12 | Well I , well I , I mean I 've had to do my homework , before I come on this meeting for you , and I , and if I can start at the back and work forwards we have got enough money . |
| 13 | She explains : ‘ I take a very deep breath before I get on the plane and then as soon as I am on board I get out all my make-up and put it on the table in front of me and spend hours putting it on . |
| 14 | ‘ Before I got on the plane , I had to treat a woman on the island of St Thomas , when she fell from a balcony , fracturing her skull . |
| 15 | As a matter of fact , before I left on that Friday evening I bought a painting from her — The Blind Gypsy — for my mother 's birthday . ’ |
| 16 | My most recent teaching before I started on this book was in Vancouver with a class of mixed ages — ten to thirteen years , I guess . |
| 17 | I jogged around with Ben well before I started on the important phase of my warm-up . |
| 18 | ‘ You rest there a while , Mrs Miller , ’ the girl said with unusual boldness , ‘ and I 'll make you a fresh brew of tea before I start on the drawing room . ’ |
| 19 | Thought for a long time before I hit on that . |
| 20 | On that occasion I had the hardest fight of my career and my prominent nose was badly broken before I won on points . |
| 21 | I had to turn the hearing capacity up to maximum before I stumbled on it — not a practice I would normally follow or recommend — in the wrong circumstances you can get your eardrums blasted off . |