Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] before it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm out of that car before it stops moving , and Des is behind me without even turning it off . |
| 2 | An algorithm which performs this trick before it starts searching is said to be goal directed , or a backwards searcher . |
| 3 | It was another hour before it worked . |
| 4 | So if you fancy a bit of innocent perv-pop with skeletons in the closet , catch this butterfly before it mutates into a monster . |
| 5 | Howard might have a seven-year itch over that wonderful side he built , and maybe the board should find some cash before it becomes a terminal rash . |
| 6 | Even if output continues to decline at a similar pace in this quarter before it picks up in the next ( as most forecasters expect ) , the total peak-to-trough decline will look much shallower than the 2.7% average drop in GNP during the eight recessions since the second world war . |
| 7 | We 've got to destroy this stuff before it destroys us ! ’ |
| 8 | Now we 've got to race against time again , this is not just happening in NUPE it 's happened all over and it 's gon na it 's happening in this union before it starts . |
| 9 | She had done another paragraph before it occurred to her that he was taking a long time in Georgina 's office . |
| 10 | The key assumption of his model is that the information is received by one trader at a time , and each recipient trades on the basis of this information before it becomes known to anyone else . |
| 11 | I have to bless this tower before it falls down or the masons perish of liver-rot . ’ |
| 12 | Players can always fake injuries to be replaced so why not remove this sham before it gets out of control and causes real problems for the game 's administrators ? |
| 13 | The company wants the council to brighten up this walkway before it begins work on the shops . |
| 14 | I think that that will ensure two things : first , greater equality of action across the Community ; and , secondly , to a greater degree than ever before that every nation that signs up to a directive considers in detail the implications and costs of that directive before it becomes law . |
| 15 | Even when set up correctly some units have their clip lights coming on at the slightest provocation , while the Alpha seems to have more headroom before it clips , which should therefore mean less chance of unwanted distortion . |
| 16 | On the surface it has no problem with it — the technologies at issue NCR either has or is moving towards — but it wants more information before it lends any support . |
| 17 | On the surface it has no problem with it — it either has or is moving towards the technologies at issue , but it wants more information before it lends any support . |
| 18 | Jacqueline put down that mirror before it breaks please . |
| 19 | But then she remembered the insults he had piled on her and she stifled any sympathy before it got out of hand . |
| 20 | However , I found that in many instances this slipping action makes the disc useless , as it is unable to cut to any depth before it stops rotating . |
| 21 | Not only this , the latest multi-function instruments can scan and monitor all engine conditions — oil T & P , CHT , OAT , etc. — and warn of any abnormality before it has time to result in damage . |
| 22 | The set of favoured firms is likely to be composed mainly of research-intensive firms or firms with enormous manufacturing expertise , and the odds are that such firms may have discovered the information for themselves through their own R&D before it spills over to them from rivals . |
| 23 | Given that the decision calls for considered judgment , it must always be appropriate to consider the matter in the case of each patient before it arises . |
| 24 | And eat that breakfast before it gets cold ! |