Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] before it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A French housewife recently thought that she had discovered the world 's first metal potato — until she realised that the object she was trying to peel was in fact a Second World War hand grenade , which had probably been scooped up by a potato picking machine before it found its way into her groceries . |
| 2 | I soon discovered that one of the two compartments of the dinghy had sprung a leak and it was a race against time to reach shore before it deflated completely . |
| 3 | Partly because of this facility , knowledge workers are able to communicate directly and informally with the environment 's ‘ original information formulators ’ — and thus receive information before it enters the public domain , if , indeed , it ever subsequently does . |
| 4 | If no sand filter is installed , then for pump-fed filters it should be plumbed in so that it intercepts water before it enters the chamber(s) . |
| 5 | The government 's main concern now seemed to be stifling dissent before it became intractable . |
| 6 | The mass media should be free to expose torture before it became institutionalised . |
| 7 | ‘ Now we collect firewood before it gets too dark to see . |
| 8 | This allows for the fact that a coupon security will pay interest before it matures whereas a discount security will not . |
| 9 | No prisoner touches mail before it 's been examined by staff . |
| 10 | The example a few hundred yards upstream cuts through the neck of an entrenched meander , but it is some 100 m ( 330 ft ) long so that considerable modification will have to take place before it becomes a true natural arch of the Ardèche type , if it ever does . |
| 11 | ‘ See trouble before it comes . ’ |
| 12 | It can also be used to prevent disease before it takes hold . |