Example sentences of "her [noun] before [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Amazingly she found herself treated to a brief smile as Niall , hair concealed beneath the operating cap , glanced briefly in her direction before he bent over the unconscious man once more . |
| 2 | She wanted to check on some of her cultures before they left the building , so they went up to the third floor and along a corridor lined with rooms numbered for experimentation and behavioural study . |
| 3 | This is what Lise does in Mother Simone 's kitchen in La FilleMal Gardeé and Cinderella in her kitchen before she dances with the broom . |
| 4 | This generous man with guinea-gold hair had come into her life so unexpectedly , but she just knew that like a guinea he would slip through her fingers before she had a chance to know him better . |
| 5 | The poor girl had gone off to her camp before she had formulated any hypotheses ; she had no idea as to what theory or concepts her work was to throw new light on , and so , to be on the safe side , she had recorded everything she could think of over a period of about six weeks and her notebooks practically filled a medium-sized suitcase . |
| 6 | On the family side , he had ‘ milked ’ his grandmother dry of all her money before she died . |
| 7 | Ellen Jebeau brought her lips tightly together and drew them inwards between her teeth before she said , with deep bitterness , ‘ I do n't know about it being a time for plain speaking , I can only say that time has shown your ingratitude for what I 've done for you over the years . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | Her husband took her back to Lynne where , unaccountably to the reader , since she had paid all her debts before she left for Jerusalem , she found herself heavily in debt . |
| 10 | So she lay still , prone , trying to catch the sound of her breathing before it escaped and gave the game away . |
| 11 | She tried to regroup her scattered brain tissue , pulling back pieces of her mind before they were lost for ever . |
| 12 | The last thought that flittered across her mind before she slept was that she would have given everything she possessed , sold her immortal soul , for Michele to have loved her as the Lion of Venice had loved his Lucia . |
| 13 | Unfortunately , Mrs Tuckett spotted me and I saw recognition click into place in her mind before I had to stand up and do my bit . |
| 14 | He moved slowly up by the side of the bed , and now he said , ‘ Are … are you all right ? ’ and he saw the bedclothes that she was holding under her chin rise and fall with the movement of her neck before she said , ‘ Yes . |
| 15 | Did she have her tea before she went out like ? |
| 16 | He strode after her , dumping it on the tiles in the entrance hall , and was by her side before she could escape . |
| 17 | Maggie was stabbing her finger at the different plates on the table , and her aunt wagged her head and pursed her lips before she said , flatly , ‘ I 'm courting one of the airmen ; he comes to Donald 's farm . ’ |
| 18 | She licked her lips before she spoke . |
| 19 | It burst from her lips before she could think , before she could stop it : " I could n't bear never to see you again . " |
| 20 | Once , when the shock of alarm thrilled through her with more than usual intensity , she began to sing , softly , to keep her spirits up , and several phrases had passed her lips before she realized that the song came from her childhood — that she had not sung those words for almost twenty years , had forgotten them even until this moment when , with startling clarity , her memory travelled back in time . |
| 21 | She had short , bobbed hair , and she swept a lock from out of her eyes before she answered . |
| 22 | I walked the 30 paces down the narrow alley to the very spot where the paper girl first heard the running steps of her assailant before she was knocked senseless . |
| 23 | After she had pulled on her baggy T-shirt , shyness made her step into her skirt before she opened the cabin door . |
| 24 | Janine conquered her fear before I did . |
| 25 | Agnes sighed , then bit on the front of her forefinger before she turned to Jessie again and said , ‘ Look ; if you 're so sure he 'll turn up , we 'll say nothing for the time being . |
| 26 | The thought had no sooner entered her mind when she tripped over the first slat of the drawbridge and fell to her knees before she could save herself . |
| 27 | She quickly dropped to her knees , and popped it into her mouth before he could run away . |
| 28 | He started to put his arm round Nancy 's waist and reached some of the way towards her mouth before she moved away from him . |
| 29 | These may be triggered off by someone who tries unwisely to hurry the widow into the full realisation of her loss before she is ready to accept it . |
| 30 | ‘ I kiss the hand which beats me , ’ he said melodramatically , and put it down firmly in her lap before he had any further ideas . |