Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] before it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I grinned then , I recall , and brought the stunter down fast and acute across the weeds and the water , the sand and the surf , scudding it in across the wind to jerk and zoom just before it hit the girl herself where she sat on the dune top holding and spasmodically jerking the string she held in her hand , connected to the sky . |
| 2 | What the Firearms Act provides is a series of inchoate or preventive offences which criminalize conduct even before it has reached the stage of an attempt to commit some substantive offence . |
| 3 | The score indicates how far the ball bounces forward before it comes to a halt . |
| 4 | and she had to go home before it finished . |
| 5 | I was so convinced of my calling so before it got that far I had to step hack from the relationship . " |
| 6 | So you can test it more thoroughly but in that case , A you put the costs up and B it takes longer before it gets actually , before patients get the benefits of it . |
| 7 | THE CLASS of a locomotive can often be detected well before it appears on the scene simply by the sound of its whistle . |
| 8 | She got off the ground so quickly with her public relations it was squashed almost before it came to life . " |
| 9 | ‘ It would probably be a good time to go now before it gets too crowded . ’ |
| 10 | They 're bound to take to Filmer too , you know how civilized he can seem , and I do n't suppose news of the trial got much attention here since it collapsed almost before it began . |
| 11 | These simulations allow weaknesses in an inspection system to be identified and rectified long before it enters practice . |
| 12 | Let's go downstairs before it gets too late . ’ |
| 13 | I saw again the one that escaped the Grounds and died just before it made it to the stream . |
| 14 | But it was a damp , grey morning , and they had n't gone far before it came on to rain . |
| 15 | A cynical nihilist , Andrei expected a sticky end ( if only at the hands of his master and mistress ) and wanted to live well before it came . |
| 16 | The shelter that Jenny had found for me was in Camden Town , not too far away , so in order not to arrive there before it got going for the evening , I dawdled a little , window-shopping . |
| 17 | Perhaps if he were to send her money … but the thought died almost before it had crossed his mind . |
| 18 | The thought , however , evaporated almost before it had formed . |
| 19 | ‘ The regular army of Yugoslavia will think twice before it decides to wage war on Nato , ’ he said . |
| 20 | I suggest that you leave here before it grows dark so that the sepoys do n't shoot you by mistake . " |
| 21 | The ball should have been cleared long before it found its way onto Robert Lee 's left boot . |
| 22 | On 5 July they set sail with a fair wind , but the adventure ended almost before it had begun for , 120 miles [ 192 km ] off the coast of Brittany , the little taskforce was challenged by the 60-gun Lion . |