Example sentences of "before [pron] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | I try to see Oreste , or used to before I gave up the torture , but all I see is a baby , fat and dimpled … ’ |
| 2 | I blushed before I gave it to Gwenellen . |
| 3 | I already had permission to search all the surrounding fields , so I waited until the field was harvested before I gave it a thorough going over with my detector . |
| 4 | Well I wo n't give an opinion whether I agree with the scheme or not , because I would like to see some of the drawings first before I gave a , you know , of an opinion of it , like you know everybody else around this table . |
| 5 | The question slipped out before I gave myself time to consider the wisdom of it . |
| 6 | I am aware of that provision , to which I was referring before I gave way to my right hon. Friend — and I hope that it will be widely understood by parents throughout the country . |
| 7 | The registration plates said it was only two years old but I stopped believing registration plates about two years before I gave up waiting for the tooth fairy . |
| 8 | I the car I had before I gave up the company car was a Mercedes Sports S L |
| 9 | Cos I just , I just want to have a quick look through it before I gave it |
| 10 | I hate to think how much money I have paid over to Anglia Gas if I 'd known what I was into I could have walked into that house then and I could , while I had all that money before I gave any away I could have said , right , I 'm going to have to spend that , that , that , that and that and I would have done it and it would have I would 've been alright because I would n't have had things going wrong ! |
| 11 | ‘ But , until we do , you can make yourself useful by binding up this hole in my arm before I give you the pleasure of bleeding to death . ’ |
| 12 | I want to finish my introduction before I give way . |
| 13 | that do explain a little bit about Abbey Life products and also have a copy of as well erm they might find that of help before I give them a call . |
| 14 | Tomorrow before I give it back . |
| 15 | But before I give you the assignment sheet , erm , how are you getting on ? |
| 16 | An actress who worked with Babs in Munich told Bild : ‘ She said it wo n't be long before she gives birth . ’ |
| 17 | Before she gave me my jab , she asked the most pertinent question that anyone had so far posed . |
| 18 | He quickly brought himself back to earth before she gave him another dizzy spell . |
| 19 | She had seen her , and now she wanted to go , before she gave in to an impulse and started asking her questions about Elaine . |
| 20 | Elaine did n't register my birth before she gave me to Mum , and no one seemed to know anything about her , or where she was from . |
| 21 | You 've thought about it — for maybe a whole five seconds — but before you give him the thumbs up , runs these ten questions by him — it 's better to be safe than sorry . |
| 22 | Before you give the answer . |
| 23 | Sign it before you give it to the pharmacist . |
| 24 | Wait until you arrive before you give me your answer . |
| 25 | Think very carefully before you give up , because if you do you may regret it later on . |
| 26 | As he said , you ought to know what you were giving up before you gave it up . |
| 27 | ‘ We must test the bike before we give the girls a ride , must n't we , ’ chirped Billy . |
| 28 | It 's only a matter of time before we give some team a damn good hiding . ’ |
| 29 | 6 League Games have been played as to date ( 22.06.93 ) , with 1 draw , 2 wins and 3 losses ( we have to give them some sort of chance before we give them a good thrashing ) . |
| 30 | So she could n't go out to work cos she 'd got young girls to bring up so they went to the social and the social turned round and said to them before we give you any money you 've got ta spend all this bloody redundancy you 've got ta have used all your savings , including the kids savings , and you 've got ta have nothing ! |