Example sentences of "[noun sg] before she [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was lying on an examination couch before she realised that he had undressed , as well . |
| 2 | It was a full minute before she realised that she was looking at a reflection of herself in the polished metal shield that Simon had propped against a tree to protect her from any stray arrows . |
| 3 | ‘ She carried on chattering away happily for a while before she realized that Uncle Albert was n't saying much . |
| 4 | Thus she was quite close to the bath chair before she realized that its waxen-faced occupant was none other than the old man who , in his eerie fashion , had been so kind in the train . |
| 5 | Once she started writing her a letter and had filled a sheet of paper before she realized that Maggie could n't read so there was no sense in sending it . |
| 6 | When she staggers out of bed , at some ridiculous pre-dawn hour , I have to make her trip over an unaccountably uncluttered expanse of floor before she sees that something is missing : the usual mess . |
| 7 | She was almost on top of the river before she realised that this was where the path was leading , and here she found another seat from which she could see a boat or two plaiting lazy fans of rippling wake through the smooth water . |
| 8 | The school trip was an example of massive disorganized organization : every minute of every day was officially occupied , and Clara wasted some time before she realized that nobody in the whole world would care or even notice whether she attended each event or not . |
| 9 | It was some time before she realised that she was n't just wide awake — she was hungry ! |