Example sentences of "[noun sg] even before [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a sense , the hype answered that question even before we saw the programme . |
| 2 | I was wracked by anxiety and guilt even before I made the decision . |
| 3 | There certainly were opportunities , therefore , for children and young people to contribute both directly and indirectly to the household economy even before they entered the labour market , and on balance the evidence suggests that girls were likely to be more substantial contributors than boys , especially in the provision and exchange of domestic services , although boys may have had more opportunities to earn money . |
| 4 | G&G spent a good part of a decade — the Seventies — getting drunk , the memory of which still prompts a wistful smile from Gilbert , and they were habitués of the Blitz even before it became the early-Eighties club . |
| 5 | She knew that the commission accruing to dealers was 4p a share , and she was calculating her own gain even before she closed the sale . |
| 6 | She knew the answer even before she asked the question , so when the blond head shook in negation she was n't surprised . |
| 7 | International prop PHILIPPE GIMBERT from Beglès-Bordeaux , a club which had acquired an unsavoury reputation even before they won the French Championship , has been fined FF8,000 ( about £850 ) for damages resulting from a punch in a club match against Rodez in December 1990 . |