Example sentences of "[adj] before i " in BNC.

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1 It took three minutes to erect the inner tent on its first outing but because it was raining constantly , the inner was a little wet before I had a chance to put the flysheet over .
2 I let him get clear before I turned Armstrong around and cruised down Dwyer Street .
3 Now that is the accepted way of doing it , and I can not see any reason why that can not be done , erm in Greater York , once the location for the new settlement is erm er is identified , erm so that 's my definition of erm integrated and balanced community , it 's a concept , you ca n't define , I do n't think , integrated and balanced separately , you need to bind them together er into into some erm er or all er erm concept , erm now the erm the question you did pose me , sir , which er I did take a note of , but I wonder if you 'd be kind enough to repeat it so I 've I 've a I 've a got it quite clear before I respond .
4 There was an ache in my middle as if a rock was lodged in the place where all my habits had been — my going-to-bed routine of always brushing my teeth last thing of all so that my mouth felt glowing fresh before I curled up under my duvet and drifted off into sleep .
5 ‘ I had some before I left the hotel .
6 Not having ever had an injury like this before I do n't know how long it will take to heal .
7 I had not even finished writing this before I got carried away and bought myself another Christmas present — a Synodontis angelicus .
8 I know Cell would sound like this before I even heard them .
9 I acquired the skills to do this before I knew about the world , purely because of God 's will .
10 And er , and that was , er go and did this before I went to school .
11 There was n't a broadway of course , you must remember this before I tell you see .
12 ‘ I walked up the street and checked this before I came here , ’ he said .
13 I was like this before I knew .
14 All this before I decide whether I smile back .
15 I congratulate the Clerks on having corrected this before I raised the matter .
16 Wilko said ( sorry for repeating myself — Ive said this before I think ) , that he was as excited signing Frank as he was when signing Hirst .
17 to use your judgement as to whether you say to somebody , Yeah you must finish this before I 'm gon na consider you or
18 She will go free before I do and so long as she is captive will I be .
19 ‘ You must set them free before I send your brothers to the plane . ’
20 ‘ I want you to be free before I make love to you , not morally tied to another man . ’
21 And I was fourteen years old before I touched a piano for the first time . ’
22 I was nervous before I went on .
23 I was 45 before I spoke with Toscanini and then he attacked me for doing Debussy 's Pelléas et Mélisande at La Scala in French .
24 something fixed before I go .
25 I did n't have much before I went out .
26 It is as though he wants to get my record straight before I leave .
27 This does n't mean I wo n't make her jump through a hoop or six before I let her know it : in the craft of dybbukry revenge and forgiveness are merely two sides of a single coin .
28 And it has to be perfect before I shall allow you to go on to petit point . ’
29 I 'm likely to have to remainder Richie Quick before I get to your missing prisoner . ’
30 ‘ I have n't had any breakfast yet and I get dizzy if I start moving my feet fast before I 've eaten . ’
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