Example sentences of "before he [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And before he had to spend many more sleepless nights like the last one . |
| 2 | Francesca 's much publicized affair with Senator Michael O'Brien was the reason that she had been sent home rather early from a tour of duty in the Embassy in Washington , over a year previously , just before he had met her in London . |
| 3 | Before he had met Kate Burrows , she had been on his list of ‘ things to do ’ . |
| 4 | John had ridden this route the previous year , before he had tendered for the contract . |
| 5 | In fact he seemed to have lost interest in the book before he had completed it — the last two chapters are haphazardly constructed — and he padded it out with three radio talks on " The Unity of European Culture " which he had given two years before . |
| 6 | But before he had completed his swing the boy fearfully withdrew his arm and the cane rapped harmlessly on the floor . |
| 7 | Before he had completed his turn the whole sphere was blazing , and two parachutes were unfolding below it . |
| 8 | The words came into existence but not before he had analysed , accepted them , agreed to make them real . |
| 9 | Lij Yasu escaped prematurely and Ras Hailu was arrested before he had organized the rebellion . |
| 10 | The evening before he had procured from the local library a copy of Gerald Seymour-Strachey 's essay in autobiography , but a quick flick through the index had assured him there was no mention of Walter Machin , and he had n't had time to bone up on the details of the man himself 's career . |
| 11 | At very much the same hour Edmund Mortimer came out of the deep sleep that follows fever , and opened his eyes reluctantly , remembering instantly and ruefully a day and a night of indignity and discomfort before he had lost all sense of place , time and direction , and finally of his own identity . |
| 12 | She quickly turned her eyes away but not before he had detected , to his discomfort , a look of grave , almost maternal solicitude . |
| 13 | One big club in the north is known to have offered a player signing from the Continent a loyalty bonus before he had kicked a ball for his new team . |
| 14 | Before he had decided what to do , Hebbert found himself in full layback position and simply had to carry it through or fall . |
| 15 | In Book I , Chapter 3 , Section 3 of his A System of Logic ( written before he had decided that a quality is simply a sensation regarded in a certain relation ) he distinguishes between a sensation and a quality , a distinction which , he feels , may be missed because we can seldom refer to the sensation otherwise than by a circumlocution , for example , by reference to the quality , as when we call a sensation ‘ the sensation of white ’ . |
| 16 | He would get nothing before he had fulfilled the chore of explanation . |
| 17 | Belinda had the case-file in front her and had handed it over without a word almost before he had realised who she was . |
| 18 | Miraculously cured of back pains just before he had joined the NSC , he had joined a charismatic Episcopal congregation , in which he kept the church manners of a Catholic ; and where appeals for the contras were concerned he could take either voice , as necessary . |
| 19 | She remembered how she had n't been allowed to hold him for more than a moment before he had to go back behind the bars of his crib . |
| 20 | The cold of the ground slowly seeped through Riven 's bedroll to chill his back , and he edged closer to the fire , sick of the aches in his bones and counting out in his mind the hours before he had to go on watch . |
| 21 | Still , he had until two o'clock before he had to go into the College — today was the day he did evening teaching . |
| 22 | The runner , who has always protested that he is innocent , insists that the only reason he did not provide a sample at the 1991 GRE Cup meeting was that he did not have time before he had to go to work . |
| 23 | Following the death of James I , Charles I became King of England , in 1625 , and the Duke of Buckingham ( who had been James I 's favourite ) retained his influence over the throne until he was assassinated at Portsmouth , in August 1628 , but not before he had arranged the marriage of Charles I to Henrietta Maria of France . |
| 24 | He arrived at the café a full hour before he had intended . |
| 25 | Before he had gone to Wales , her employers had allowed him to visit Helen in her own room . |
| 26 | Bardely intercepted him before he had gone many yards … |
| 27 | It was before he had gone to school . |
| 28 | ‘ Oh , how kind ! ’ she exclaimed , and felt inordinately pleased that Ven had given a thought to her before he had gone away . |
| 29 | Before he had ascended the lengthy slope and reached his parked car , the shrieking had stopped , but the flames were burning fiercer than ever , fuelled as they now were by melting human fat . |
| 30 | Although Glam was finally banished it was not before he had cursed his employer , saying he would ‘ see with a ghost 's sight ’ . |