Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] before it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Relapse can be seen in changes of mood before it leads back to use of the addictive substance or behaviour . |
| 2 | Ruth swallowed a small wail of despair before it got out . |
| 3 | It has also been argued that the small mouths of the giants simply could not have downed enough food to support a warm-blooded metabolism , particularly plant food that needs a lot of processing before it becomes available as energy . |
| 4 | ‘ Love me , Ace … ’ she whispered in his ear , painfully trying to keep hold of that insubstantial thread of feeling before it evaporated between them . |
| 5 | The hollow and fragile straw stalactites are formed when water drops from a cave roof , leaving a microscopic ring of calcite before it falls . |
| 6 | But John Morgan says : ‘ Dumenil may have put forward some thoughts that might help unit holders , but it needs a lot of thought before it turns into a proposal . |
| 7 | But John Morgan says : ‘ Dumenil may have put forward some thoughts that might help unit holders , but it needs a lot of thought before it turns into a proposal . |
| 8 | She 'd been a sort of feminist before it became fashionable ; never had much time for all that sisterly stuff , but she was positive she was as good as any man and she 'd prove it … |
| 9 | The project was the last to be approved by the Department of Energy before it disappeared . |
| 10 | It is interesting to note that stereo sound is already featured on some video recorders and camcorders , and it seems that it is only a matter of time before it becomes standard as for sound recorders . |
| 11 | Not all of this enters the Mersey because the majority of aqueous mercury losses , which is discharged to canals as the highly insoluble mercuric sulphide and settles near the factory , is removed by dredgers for landfill before it gets there . |
| 12 | What I was if any other matter comes into light before it comes in we do n't do anything about it and that 's why I would oppose that because of this because one it 's not necessary to move something that we would look at it and sit back and after the inspector reports . |
| 13 | Now it appears to be on the ‘ at risk ’ register , its reputation battered and bruised , part of it under review before it has even reached its first birthday . |
| 14 | The setting sun flickered through the trunks of the palm trees along the track , disappearing into haze before it reached the horizon . |
| 15 | The ceiling and the walls in places were badly scorched , but structurally there had been very little damage and , luckily , the fire had been brought under control before it had had time to spread to other parts of the building . |
| 16 | But this process may be well under way before it becomes apparent . |
| 17 | There 's no excuse for that and if we 're er having as one of our major platforms of our business initiative 's quality , then er the quality must be right one hundred per cent all the time er so I was somewhat bothered that we were an an disappointed I suppose that we did n't get high ratings in the quality control reviews which were carried out , so to that end we were make make sure the next time we came round with a better score er so er we are looking at what 's called hot reviews which is looking at er an audit for example before it 's finalised by somebody completely independent of the job carrying out a technical review of the way in which tha that audit has been conducted er we are looking at it after the jobs been finished and probably in the slack season in the summer get people to actually review as if they were doing a dry quality control review of the job er prior to us getting an external review er carried out . |
| 18 | A British Cox 's apple may have been sprayed 12 times and dipped in fungicide before it reaches your fruit bowl . |
| 19 | You did n't like being woken in the middle of the night for ice cream , but you sat up and ate it in bed before it melted to please your father . |
| 20 | It matters because this layer absorbs all ultraviolet C and a proportion of ultraviolet B from sunlight before it reaches the earth 's surface . |
| 21 | No reed was to be mown for thatch before it had two years ' growth . |
| 22 | 9 The group plans how it is going to work before it starts . |
| 23 | The Birmingham Railway Museum was known to be losing some £20,000 per year before it started the innovative programme , but have now used the windfall to wipe out a £90,000 overdraft . |
| 24 | When he reached the ticket hall the heat was so fierce the water from his hose turned to steam before it reached the fire . |
| 25 | A car involved in a fatal accident on the M1 Motorway is believed to have caught on fire before it crashed . |
| 26 | It is working with Intel on the project but has to wait for silicon before it attempts to actualise the product and turn it over to LSI Logic for manufacture . |
| 27 | Newco should apply to be registered for VAT before it contracts to purchase the business . |
| 28 | With the wisdom of hindsight , it is easy to see now that the Stag 's troublesome V8 , designed and inadequately developed in-house by Triumph before it merged with Leyland , should have been ditched and replaced by Rover 's proven ex-Buick 3.5-litre V8 ( still used by Land-Rover , Morgan , TVR and others ) that was already on the shelf . |