Example sentences of "before [pron] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Before everyone goes up to the top , " said Hazel , " we ought to find out what it 's like . |
| 2 | On arrival at the Salters ' Hall the guests , many of whom had travelled by bus from Shropshire especially for the occasion , were greeted by Sir Peter and Lady Gadsden and Mr and Mrs Alan Henn before everyone went in to dinner . |
| 3 | He stood uncertainly , listening , wondering if he should go any further or retreat before someone came along . |
| 4 | Or is it gulped down quickly , before someone comes in and points an accusing finger ? |
| 5 | In the first I shall review activity within the Engineering Branch before I took up my post within the MOD . |
| 6 | Long before I took up climbing on any regular basis I accompanied a friend for a summer evening 's sport at Lawrencefield in Derbyshire . |
| 7 | The act of love did happen — and only once , and only just — immediately before I took up my new post at Schloss Hartheim , near Linz , in the province of Austria . |
| 8 | The latest and most thorough had been completed just before I took over the chairman-ship . |
| 9 | At the end of the hour , before I lift off the lid of the box , the orthodox principles of quantum theory bid me consider the cat to be in a state which is an even-handed superposition of the states " alive " and " dead " . |
| 10 | Yes , I could tell from Aunt Nessy 's breathing that she would not recover consciousness ; nevertheless , before I crept out I did kiss her , just in case some little part of her , still aware , should feel it . |
| 11 | I was before I came up in the world , true , but lower-middle-class , not working-class . |
| 12 | Long before I came up to the gate out of Bourani , I saw something whitish lying in the gap . |
| 13 | I got into Edinburgh and before I came up I took a year off and worked and travelled . |
| 14 | I disremember if it was October or November — it was October , 'cos it was before I came up here to join the matriculation class . ’ |
| 15 | My head was throbbing and the shoulder was beginning to ache from the kicking , which had probably been going on for some time before I came round . |
| 16 | ‘ She died before I came over , Mrs Sutherland . |
| 17 | Just before I came over . |
| 18 | It was January before I came back . |
| 19 | It was just brought to my attention just before I came down . |
| 20 | When I was speaking t very very briefly erm to Ian before before I came down he said , well I 'm really not surprised , the the the continuing problem and difficulty in establishing what 's on the palette , as to whether it 's lawn feed and weed , lawn feed and , for example . |
| 21 | for It was no good my making a list before I came down because I just had n't seen anything like this in the Marks in Norwich . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , the housemaid said something to me before I came in to prayers , and that just tickled me and I could n't help it . ’ |
| 23 | Before I came in . ’ |
| 24 | I was actually looking at you before I came in , but just come out here for a second There are two ways I can hurt you . |
| 25 | Erm just before I came in from school and we were home by about half three . |
| 26 | Why just today , you see , before I came out , she insisted a friend would be coming to see her , a friend who died — so sad — a few weeks ago . |
| 27 | Believe it or not , and I did n't before I came out at work , it is possible to change the people around you , just by honestly being who you are . |
| 28 | ‘ I remember the very exciting feeling I got when I first saw one of these magazines before I came out . |
| 29 | I weighed eleven stone when I was in the Line : before I came out with that I weighed five stone ten . |
| 30 | Erm I had a phone call just before I came out , area area party , so this 'll come It 's about actually in the ward which we narrowly missed getting last time just by erm not even a very strong The by election is on September twenty third and we want leafleters this weekend , so if anybody is able to go on leafleting , which is right between It 's er I 've got the phone number for Forgot the surname but she works with Bob , so if you ring up and say this Is that Linda who works with Bob . |