Example sentences of "before i [modal v] [verb] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Happily Lendl 's humour resurfaced when he was asked what difference marriage had made : ‘ Before I could do everything I wanted to do , now I have to ask . ’ |
| 2 | Before I could do anything , two medics came sprinting along the path from the direction of the big house . |
| 3 | I started to put together a little library and had to teach myself a lot more before I could teach anyone else . |
| 4 | Before I could say anything he continued with , ‘ You must have a girlfriend somewhere , Piper , a smart-looking bloke like you . ’ |
| 5 | Before I could say anything , Taff remarked , ‘ Come on , Boyo . |
| 6 | But before I could say anything he started to shout at me , saying ‘ Mrs Desai , you ca n't talk back to me or to Mr Diffy or Mr Mike . ’ |
| 7 | Our Gofer ( a young woman ) grabbed his hand before I could say anything and said , ‘ Great , show me will you ? ’ and dashed off with him in tow , coats flying . |
| 8 | I saw him disappear but , before I could say anything Fergus started yelling . |
| 9 | I stumbled across the threshold but before I could say anything Mum shouted at me , ‘ Where 'ave yow bin all this time ? |
| 10 | Before I could say anything , she said : |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Holmes before I could say anything more . |
| 12 | ‘ But before I could say anything I discovered suddenly that I 'd meant nothing to you but an unimportant little romantic adventure , ’ he added bitterly . |
| 13 | " We 'll have to get her out of there before I can do anything , Mr Stokill . " |
| 14 | I 've got to go all the bloody way round before I can buy anything . |
| 15 | Yeah no he was just saying that head office they 'll dictate to them like anybody else so he said I 've got to have erm the mortgage up to date for a start before I can consider anything . |