Example sentences of "[num ord] [noun sg] before it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It still ran away from him but he grabbed it again at the second attempt before it went over the line and the chance had gone . |
| 2 | Exactly when , we do n't know , it may have been as late as the thirteenth century before it cut its way through . |
| 3 | The rest had overrun Abernethy and crossed the Earn higher up , by the last ford before it flowed into the Tay . |
| 4 | We met on the beach early next morning before it got too hot . |
| 5 | Before we launched into ‘ Leave Me Cold ’ , Miki innocently said ‘ This is our last song before it rains . ’ |
| 6 | They still have to make and pay for a boiler so this particular age of Victorian Steam may have to wait until the next century before it makes a comeback . |
| 7 | They were watching the camp pack away for the last time before it moved on without them . |