Example sentences of "[adv] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , ‘ I 'll dry , ’ Travis volunteered swiftly before she could open her mouth . |
| 2 | They guessed she was on a bad trip and moved in swiftly before she could hurt herself . |
| 3 | Ron was virtually dead physiologically before he achieved a consistent recognition of the severity of his state . |
| 4 | They smile and nod like flowers in the sun , But come a nasty squall or shower from the West , And they will squeal and shout , and say of you , We never liked young Kenneth much before And now this change of climate proves us right . |
| 5 | Few people pass this hurdle much before they are 40 , at which point they are far too old to begin any other type of career . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't play in the five-asides but then I did n't play in them much before because I tend to get too argumentative and carried away sometimes . ’ |
| 7 | Much before she was ready she was whisked up to Vendelin Gajdusek 's home , deposited outside his elegant and graceful house , and , even while she wanted to call the driver back , he was already on his way . |
| 8 | It is exceedingly inconvenient to live on a hill top , especially before modern methods of water supply were devised . |
| 9 | Discussion is only of interest to those participating in it , and many young children find it extremely difficult to articulate their ideas verbally — especially before they 've actually done what you 're talking about . |
| 10 | Ideally , you need a few minutes to settle comfortably before setting off , but if you have to rush you can usually blame yourself for not getting in before he cable or towplane arrives . |
| 11 | ‘ At this stage we will have to wait and see what state they are in before we make a decision . ’ |
| 12 | From my position at the entrance to the dug-out I could see the wounded in the sunken road in the same positions they were in before the shelling started . |
| 13 | She had laughed then at the vivid imagination of the child , but now for a brief moment she saw the city as Maggie saw it , basking in the first rays of the sun and oblivious to the dangerous mist below that might suck it in before it could wake up and take wing against the now blue blue sky . |
| 14 | True , the first and perhaps the second blackmail payments had come in before he was obliged to pay for his teeth at the beginning of June , but he had blithely paid two hundred and fifty for them in cash when the demand came . |
| 15 | And Phyllis put her skates on — off she went — bought a house down there — she moved in before the factory opened . |
| 16 | ‘ I wo n't look in before I go to see your Uncle Walter in the morning . |
| 17 | Jinny gabbled it , trying to get it in before she was cut off . |
| 18 | There were pictures in one of Gloria 's magazines of the decorated carriage Pulled by plumed horses that Her Majesty had travelled in before she became Her Majesty the Queen , when she was still just a Lady , on her way to be married . |
| 19 | On returning from Court some days later , Lady Elizabeth enquired the whereabouts of her son , William , having completely forgotten locking the child in before she left , and not telling the servants she had done so . |
| 20 | Naaah , but watch out for a Saddam Hussein model , which Jeremy is rushing out to cash in before conscription sets in . |
| 21 | Let's get back in before they come back . |
| 22 | This is because the original master-lacquer had three extra drive-holes , which had to be filled in before the stampers could be made . |
| 23 | Everything fitted in before people started messing about with it . ’ |
| 24 | Christie was to be married at Easter , but Ann planned to go over in late February to help with the wedding preparations and also , to take Sarah and see her settled in before she started her job . |
| 25 | But I had the amp set with the treble full on , the presence full on and the bright switch kicked in before I could get close to what I 'd call a classically nasty Telecaster bridge pickup tone . |
| 26 | It must have been three or four seconds in before we both came simultaneously to the thought : this is not stopping . |
| 27 | He was simply cashing in before Bill Clinton takes office . |
| 28 | Reports had come in before the Central Co-ordinating Committee adjourned that the British government was about to take control of the refinery at Sydenham and the distribution of petrol and oil throughout Northern Ireland . |
| 29 | What state it was in before it crystallized he does not explain ; certainly it was not glassy . |
| 30 | We 'll need a couple of weeks to settle in before she comes . |