Example sentences of "[pers pn] before it [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simple things like the rain on the window pane , the cat mewing to come in or the noise of a bus which could be on top of you before it is seen . |
| 2 | That period is to all intents and purposes part of the sentence , and he ought to know everything that is said about him before it is fixed . |
| 3 | So let's end it before it 's begun . |
| 4 | Denice has already decided she wants chicken , but is n't sure exactly what she wants done to it before it 's put on her plate . |
| 5 | Another woman , evidently heavily pregnant , asked simply if there was ‘ any other way to generate electricity that can , by its very nature , potentially reach inside to my foetus and contaminate it before it is born ’ . |
| 6 | Although judges should approve it before it is made , they normally make no enquiries and allow the parties to say whatever they like . |
| 7 | Be pro-active and do something about it before it is mentioned . |
| 8 | A wide recording head stretches across the jumbo roll of tape and magnetises it before it is slit to domestic size . |