Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] before it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It seems to me that a new play like Shadowlands needs to be exposed to different audiences before it settles down . |
| 2 | Syntactic change affects simple sentences before it affects the action of superficial rules ; and when transformational rules are affected , the more superficial ones are affected first , the major cyclic ones last . |
| 3 | Note that this claim would not be undermined by showing that infants ‘ mindlessly ’ master the communicative content of structured sentences before it dawns on them gradually that assertions express beliefs and that deceit is possible . |
| 4 | Sangenic can take about three days ' supply of soiled nappies before it needs emptying . |
| 5 | Instantly sparks crackled in Twoflower 's hair and there was a sudden gust of hot dry wind that did n't disturb the dust in the way that ordinary wind should but , instead , whipped it up momentarily into unpleasantly half-living shapes before it settled again . |
| 6 | It is a good idea to take a young dog out for short drives before it has completed its course of inoculations . |
| 7 | But that is truly a narrative , including a series of songs that advance the action in definite stages before it collapses in the lover 's rejection by his ( married ) mistress . |
| 8 | Formed in 1918 in Waco , Texas , the squadron had several American homes before it came over to England as part of NATO — moving to Upper Heyford in 1970 . |
| 9 | A lot of the jokes tended to go straight over his head , but there was always some good stuff about the management and more than once he 'd noticed senior people leaving with red faces before it ended . |
| 10 | According to the Treasury and Civil Service Select Committee , the Bank of England failed to discharge its supervisory duties before it shut down the Bank of Credit and Commerce International in July , 1991 . |
| 11 | At first the gospel of family limitation appears to have been spread most effectively among the middle classes before it percolated through to the working classes . |
| 12 | It used to hold young offenders before it closed two years ago.Now it 's just about ready to take immingrants detained by the Home Office . |
| 13 | I just had time for a quick glance into its shelf-ridden depths before it closed , and I saw room after room , opening vistas of eternal reading to my gaze . |