Example sentences of "[vb past] before [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , Hilly , how I love you ! ’ he exclaimed before she could answer him . |
| 2 | But the crash happened before they could stop him . |
| 3 | Are you up to it ? planned , but the election campaign started before we could publish it — Ed . |
| 4 | He reached for his desk phone and then swore as it rang before he could pick it up . |
| 5 | The bell rang before she could open it and Jenna stood just inside the sitting-room in her long housecoat , wondering who on earth it could be ; the post had arrived over an hour ago and she did n't know enough people to be expecting visitors . |
| 6 | Weenie was all right , but Mum had a ruptured spleen and died before they could get her to hospital . ’ |
| 7 | They point to the triumphant end of the Psalm and suggest that Jesus was reciting the Psalm but died before he could finish it . |
| 8 | Rodney was a lecturer there and they cherished hopes of a chair for him but unfortunately Daddy died before he could wangle it . |
| 9 | But the old woman fell back and died before she could tell me more . ’ |
| 10 | I was nearly chucked out for that , I left before they could chuck me out , actually . |