Example sentences of "an [noun sg] before it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Even if a company comes out with a new cap , we can still make an adaptor before it goes on sale , says Mr Garnett . |
| 2 | The glass rocked and wavered for an instant before it fell and a dark pool of wine spread over the tablecloth between them . |
| 3 | Exactly who , or what , triggered this Titanic blast , or what exactly was going on half an hour before it went off , we are not told . |
| 4 | They can spot an investigation before it 's even been properly launched . |
| 5 | In " Little Gidding " , and in Four Quartets as a whole , we see the outlines of a tradition , beautifully limned but shimmering like an hallucination before it disappears and the sirens of a catastrophic European war intrude . |