Example sentences of "was before [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | No exactly but I think prior to that , we did do what you 're suggesting , we did go round all the areas , Dick , myself and Malcolm and Chris , walked round all the areas , told told the people what needed tidying up to go in the it was before we had the racking up by the way so it was more messy |
| 2 | That was before we installed the eight thousand gallon water storage tank , which Health and Safety thought could drown a child . |
| 3 | and that was before we bought the petrol this morning . |
| 4 | That was before they found the patches of damp on their own kitchen and bathroom ceilings , which , when touched with a finger , smelled unmistakably of cat-piss . |
| 5 | That was before he saw the apple . |
| 6 | ‘ I know I did , but that was before I knew the labels were typed on Dick Tavett 's typewriter and that the bags matched those in the Post 's stationery stockroom . ’ |
| 7 | It was before I had the bairn , and I would n't go and they put us down the block for being cheeky . |