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Example sentences of "before i come [prep] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	He went on , ‘ Matt lived here alone for years before I came on the scene .
2	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
3	‘ Well , I 'd never done weights before I came to Chelsea , and my wife gives me better things to eat than bananas .
4	‘ And I had to lose a good , good woman before I came to my senses .
5	I explained that before I came to Arabia the only djinn or genie that I knew was Aladdin 's genie of the lamp .
6	‘ The fire had been lit before I came to the office .
7	. Sir I am the present overseer but these things was before I came to the Parish .
8	A lot A lot of well quite a few people and I mean th have been in the flats way before I came to .
9	Before I came to India , I had not realized that the English word ‘ paradise ’ was borrowed from the ancient Persian words pairi ( around ) and daeza ( a wall ) .
10	‘ A particularly heartening statistic when I checked the figures before I came to the Netherlands was that this market — with a relatively small population of only 15 million inhabitants — continues to be the biggest export market for Wedgwood in Continental Europe , ’ he said .
11	I 'd been away after that before I came to the electricity works here .
12	‘ It 's funny , everybody could see me before I came to Spain . ’
13	Is the Minister aware that , before I came to this place , I served for many years on a local authority as chairman of the environmental health committee , which had a wonderful section for meat inspection ?
14	I refer to Burnley , whose council I led before I came to the House .
15	It just so happens that , before I came to this debate this morning , I was flicking through a pile of press cuttings when I came across one from The Journal ( Newcastle upon Tyne ) , a north-eastern regional newspaper .
16	Before I came to prison I thought I was introspective but ten minutes here and there is not enough to answer some of these questions
17	Ear early before I came over here and they 've got no vacancies none none at Demontfort House at all .
18	So's to be out of the house before I came into it . ’
19	BILLY BREMNER : ( Leeds , Hull , Doncaster and Scotland — 1959-81 ) : ‘ He was a hero at Elland Road a long time before I came into football .
20	When I was out on the road I mean before I came into training I was so I laid my cards at the table at this point in time to say yes I need to sell insurance erm and I always remember particular broker who you go in and and he 's saying well so how many of these particular products would you sell over the next year and he said oh twenty five and you go in great , guy 's promised to sell twenty five domestic contents policies over the next year .
21	And this is er this is my last but one before I came into recruiting .
22	I was in Gloucestershire twice before I came into Oxfordshire .
23	No before I came in it was wrong .
24	And not only have they consumed practically a quart of maple ice-cream , but just before I came in here they were ordering some pizzas !
25	She is usually working on a series of paintings and says , ‘ One picture sets you off on a road , and I have to make perhaps six paintings before I come to a fork , onto another road ’ .
26	‘ You will come to me , Tamar , before I come to you . ’
27	She is usually working on a series of paintings and says , ‘ One picture sets you off on a road , and I have to make perhaps six paintings before I come to a fork , onto another road ’ .
28	Before I come to those passages , it is convenient to refer to such earlier authority as there is .
29	I mean , when I get up in the morning , it takes me four hours before I come to , you 're always so jolly .
30	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 .