Example sentences of "before he give " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 3 ) Factual evidence will always be historic in nature in the sense that the witness will be giving evidence of events and matters which have occurred before he gives evidence . |
| 2 | The buyer , on the other hand , wishes to put off acceptance as long as possible , so that he can be sure the goods are totally satisfactory to him before he gives up the opportunity of rejecting them . |
| 3 | He pouches the ball with the eye of a major league outfielder , and that is because he was a player of some repute before he gave up the bat for the bag at the start of the 1970s . |
| 4 | On this view , a doctor could avoid liability only if he could show that , apart from consenting , the patient was carefully studied and examined in a context where specialist medical and psychiatric facilities were available , that the consensus of expert opinion was that surgery was called for , and that this was explained to and understood by the patient before he gave his consent . |
| 5 | The landlord thought for a bit , stroking his beard , before he gave his decision . |
| 6 | On one occasion he is alleged to have told a bald papal legate who had just excommunicated him for refusing to abandon his mistress that he would see the legate 's hair in curlers before he gave her up . |
| 7 | He listened to the ringing tone repeated for more than a minute before he gave up . |
| 8 | There was an icy contempt in her voice , and his face darkened in anger before he gave a faint dismissive shrug of his broad shoulders . |
| 9 | She pulled away and scrambled back to her side of the seat , but not before he gave her a knowing little smile . |