Example sentences of "before [noun] gave " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was 1859 before Alexander gave reformers their head by granting them control of the Editing Commissions , and by then the prestige of the throne would have suffered far more from the abandonment of emancipation than from allowing a version of it to go through . |
| 2 | They turfed him out as an 18-year-old before Cambridge gave him a lifeline trial . |
| 3 | On it , messages left over from a few days before Brian gave up the flat . |
| 4 | The two men stared each other out before Peter gave a sudden exclamation halfway between anger and defeat , and started for the door . |
| 5 | Erm Ian left that with me and I was to speak to Bob before Bob gave it to because it was n't very good . |
| 6 | It was not long before Judith gave birth to a daughter , named Gisèle after Charlemagne 's favourite sister . |
| 7 | Strong and sturdy and ideally suited to the tough demands of the Southern League , Joe was our first-choice left-back for four full seasons and a considerable favourite with our fans before injury gave talented Horace Colclough the chance to succeed him . |