Example sentences of "his [noun sg] before it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After sex the man should withdraw his penis before it gets limp , as otherwise the rubber may come off . |
| 2 | The Captain picked up his telephone before it had time to ring . |
| 3 | His voice was harsh and nasal , as if it had had to fight a stiff battle around the bridge of his nose before it had been able to emerge at all . |
| 4 | The dangerous journey in store for Sard is not in fact in pursuit of the ideal woman , but a prosaic attempt to get back to his ship before it sails , an attempt frustrated by the theft of his bicycle and by wanderings that involve him with a silver-train and a period in gaol , the traverse of an appalling desert and a rock-strewn mountain . |
| 5 | ‘ He 's trying to gamble away his estate before it falls to the Nazis , but his lifelong losing streak has changed . |