Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] before it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conference was wrecked before it started by the " U2 " incident . |
| 2 | There has been speculation that the body was booby-trapped before it left Awiel , and may have been timed to explode in mid-air . |
| 3 | But even if she 'd been fully clothed the chance of escape was gone before it arrived . |
| 4 | He tried to argue , but everyone in the room knew that the battle was lost before it had even begun . |
| 5 | The children at school , with whom Martha 's struggle to be accepted was lost before it began because of her colour , called her Red Ibo . |
| 6 | I purchased some Caulerpa serptularoides some time ago , but it was devoured before it had a chance to become established . |