Example sentences of "[pron] [be] before [pron] [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only do a greater proportion of phone boxes work , but there are more boxes today than there were before we introduced the privatised control system . |
| 2 | Athelstan sensed that , if he had known who they were before he answered the door , he would never have let them inside , or else would have taken measures to hide whatever he had in the house . |
| 3 | How much further would it be before she reached the main road ? |
| 4 | No exactly but I think prior to that , we did do what you 're suggesting , we did go round all the areas , Dick , myself and Malcolm and Chris , walked round all the areas , told told the people what needed tidying up to go in the it was before we had the racking up by the way so it was more messy |
| 5 | It was before I had the bairn , and I would n't go and they put us down the block for being cheeky . |