Example sentences of "before he [verb] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | Former England skipper Wilkins , who partnered a young Durrant in midfield for a season , championed the youngster 's cause long before he came back from injury . |
| 2 | It seemed a very long time before he came back . |
| 3 | She would have all summer in the secret garden before he came back . |
| 4 | And he went to , he decided to go straight to Oxford before he came back to Galashiels and er see William Morris who was Lord Nuffield later on . |
| 5 | It seemed like ages before he came back again , and when he did , she pounced on him . |
| 6 | But , before he came back to his Tyneside home , he decided he would visit India to see the white tigers . |
| 7 | The minutes dragged by before he came back again . |
| 8 | He had thought that he might slip in for a quick snack that would keep body and soul together before he went back to his room to brood about the situation that he had handled so badly . |
| 9 | ‘ I knew it would n't be long before he went back to it . |
| 10 | " Keep tambourine a-rolling , " he said to nobody before he went back into a silence that remained unbroken while he ate his fish . |
| 11 | He knew he had to come to a decision before he went back down , he wanted to come to a decision before he went back down . |
| 12 | He knew he had to come to a decision before he went back down , he wanted to come to a decision before he went back down . |
| 13 | We 'd better get on the objective double quick then , before he gets back . |
| 14 | As he left the room he urged Elisa not to go away before he got back . |
| 15 | It was an illusion of tired eyes , but before he got back in the car he stood , his collar open , looking up at the sky where there was nothing to see but black , and let the water splash down on his open face , his wet shirt clinging to the skin of his chest and belly . |
| 16 | I guessed I had no more than four minutes before he got back to base , so I began to count on the old one-and-one , two-and-two , and so on principle in order to concentrate on the job in hand without looking at my watch . |
| 17 | Realising she meant it , Luke released her at once , his glance straying briefly to the proud lift of her breasts before he stepped back . |
| 18 | So they left the restaurant and Hugh got a taxi for Mrs Tobias before he walked back to his office . |
| 19 | ‘ That 's why we have to be sure before he goes back . ’ |
| 20 | Would you wan na , would you wan na sit for a bit before he goes back ? |
| 21 | The sheer pleasure of it swept him up and it was a full minute before he pulled back and looked at her , amazed at how happy he felt . |
| 22 | He looked up from the document he was reading and his eyes lingered on her body before he sat back and raised his eyebrows quizzically , waiting for her to speak . |
| 23 | John Major , speaking before he flew back to London , dismissed that as an inaccurate picture of Britain . |
| 24 | To reach Ariel and her mother , he had to cross the stream ; he did so , night after night , using stepping stones over unearthly flashes of phosphorescence in the water , and stepping up on to the further bank , still unwilling , still keeping his mind on Rebecca and the love he had sworn to her , until once more he found himself at the entrance of Ariel 's cabin , once more gave orders to the guard to leave him , and entered to speak to her , disturbing her rest , though she had come to expect his call ; then after their unsatisfactory exchanges , he would lift the fronds at the entrance and leave again , only to succumb once more , and toss himself off in rage and helplessness , before he skulked back to Belmont . |
| 25 | Transfixed by the sudden intensity of his gaze before he turned back to the Empress , she was totally unprepared for what happened next . |
| 26 | ‘ All I wanted was to get moved in somewhere nice before he comes back . ’ |
| 27 | I think I 'd best give you your supper before he comes back , had n't I ? ’ |
| 28 | He 'll have to be dead a bit longer before he comes back . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Then Farag said to me : ‘ Let us take the body now , before he comes back . ’ |
| 30 | That was why he needed a hit of Valium before he headed back to London , to his bed . |