Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] before [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some details may have been completed before you receive the form . |
| 2 | Everything in Jean-Claude 's life had been decided before he met me , and I was being fitted into a preordained pattern . |
| 3 | If these are collected before they sink and are placed in a jar of water in a cool airy place , they will start into growth much sooner , and , by providing much needed surface shade , can do much to combat the algal growth that is invariably experienced in early spring . |
| 4 | you 're scuppered before you 've even started . |
| 5 | One good bash on the head and you 're finished before you 've even started , so falling with your head raised is worth practising as well . |
| 6 | Some general comments about the large eddies are needed before we consider a wake specifically . |
| 7 | Iris and her group were absent , it having been agreed before they set off that they would have lunch in St-Jean-du-Gard and telephone for the mini-bus from the station at Anduze on their return . |
| 8 | In order for the information in the artefacts to become directly usable , we must then organise our affairs so that the artefacts are transformed before they reach the executive decision maker 's desk . |
| 9 | I think they had been sold before they had been picked . |
| 10 | May I encourage him by telling him that the Chief Constable 's view is that four out of every five planned terrorist incidents in Northern Ireland are thwarted before they take place ? |
| 11 | You should also inspect the paper for any signs of mildew and throw away any sheets that are affected before they transfer the problem to the next collection of flowers and foliage . |
| 12 | ‘ The fire had been lit before I came to the office . |
| 13 | What concerns me is that , in effect , the Minister is saying that all campaigns are condemned before they begin . |
| 14 | The commitments have been abandoned before they have been voted on . |
| 15 | Do n't wait until you are burgled before you do something to make your home more secure . |
| 16 | From the production of these budgets it may be felt that certain aspects of the budgets need to be amended before they become operational . |
| 17 | One simplifying assumption has to be explained before we proceed . |
| 18 | However , it has to be oxidised before it becomes a problem . |
| 19 | Viscount Dilhorne had already decided that the appeal should be dismissed before he turned to it . |
| 20 | What is less clear is the extent to which a demonstrable need must be proven before they insist on the adoption of otherwise practicable control measures . |
| 21 | The vaccination programme for dairy calves should , if possible , be completed before they go to grass in the spring or early summer . |
| 22 | How accurately do the points have to be aligned before we accept them as a ley ? |
| 23 | But what we certainly can do is take note of what you 've said , and ensure that we get it together for you to be consulted before we take decisions next year . |
| 24 | On the eve of the Lord 's Test , though , he was relaxing , hoping son Shoaib would be recalled before he returned to Lahore , pausing every so often to throw a plastic ball at his bat-wielding , knee-high grandson . |
| 25 | ‘ Whoever gave this drug to Rachel is evil and must be stopped before they kill someone . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Whoever gave this drug to Rachel is evil and must be stopped before they kill someone , ’ he said . |
| 27 | This cream dress is creased , it ought to be ironed before I wear it . |
| 28 | You must also put this same logical name assignment into your SYS$MANAGER:LIFESPAN_STARTUP.COM file ( Section 1.5.1 ) , so that you can be absolutely sure it will always be assigned before you start up the LIFESPAN process which will use it . |
| 29 | There are certain things that need to be considered before you attempt to keep Butterflyfish . |
| 30 | By watching , waiting and chatting you should be able to evaluate the following points , which should be considered before you take to the water . |