Example sentences of "[be] before it [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are also very strongly influenced by our expectations ; if we have heard and understood half a sentence , it seems that our brain is already guessing at what the rest of it will be before it is heard , and is certainly not acting in a passive way like a simple machine . |
| 2 | That 's before it was smashed up . |
| 3 | Rather than just muddle on as I was before it was highlighted and said well these need watching . |
| 4 | One day the settee is opposite the door , the next it is where the telly was before it was swapped round with the nest of tables . |
| 5 | They also had in mind that the platform could be removed , leaving the warehouse in substantially the same state as it was before it was installed . |
| 6 | It is tempting to see these works as belonging to a formidable and sustained effort to return the history of science to where it was before it was invaded by what Hall may see as sociologizing and ‘ hermeticizing ’ interlopers . |