Example sentences of "[noun] before she " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had hardly taken a couple of steps before she was surrounded by clubgoers , and was forced to swallow a quick rush of impatience , summoning up her brightest smile as she accepted their compliments . |
| 2 | She heard the break before she actually saw the child who had fallen at the winning end of a tug-of-war rope . |
| 3 | ‘ Seemed as if she had that one last flare of light before she went out . ’ |
| 4 | Mother Bombie 's last words before she took herself off to her own quarters had been , ‘ Rose — shift over . |
| 5 | Her mouth had formed the words before she realised . |
| 6 | When Charlotte had finished , emphasizing how vital it was to find the document the kidnappers wanted , Natasha poured them both more tea before she made any remark . |
| 7 | Got on one tube and that broke down from the end of she 's at Liverpool Street then she had to go different end to Oxford Street , but she ended up in Charing Cross then she got on another tube line at Charing Cross and then that broke down , so she said it took hours , then she gave a taxi , had to get a taxi back to Oxford Street and , and from Oxford Street back to Waterloo and it 's four pound and he gave her a change for a tenner instead , and she gave him a twenty pound note but , you know she 's absolutely haggard , so I said it 's just as well she can have a cup of tea before she goes , I just told her briefly about that so , erm , Carla 's a bit late ai n't she ? |
| 8 | So well she obviously needs a fag and a cup of tea before she |
| 9 | Did she have her tea before she went out like ? |
| 10 | Agnes sighed , then bit on the front of her forefinger before she turned to Jessie again and said , ‘ Look ; if you 're so sure he 'll turn up , we 'll say nothing for the time being . |
| 11 | He started to put his arm round Nancy 's waist and reached some of the way towards her mouth before she moved away from him . |
| 12 | A stinging blow from the back of Ursula 's hand caught Charlotte round the mouth before she was aware of it being aimed . |
| 13 | She had spent the time since her arrival making calm arrangements for the transfer of her father 's body to their Buckinghamshire home after the inquest tomorrow , and was now apparently set on clearing up this murder before she left . |
| 14 | It 's just that Mary Connon and Arthur Evans were seen in close confabulation over a drink the Friday before she died . ’ |
| 15 | He told officers that his friend had been looking for Carol in Bristol on the Friday before she died . |
| 16 | Born in North Carolina 29 years ago , Tori Amos was playing piano before she could talk and writing songs before she could walk . |
| 17 | We must find the photograph before she sends it ! ’ |
| 18 | He had a room in the small white hotel on the other bank of the Ouse and lay watching the boats , and in the evening Lady Wood read him a chapter from the New Testament before she retired herself . |
| 19 | Displacing Sylvie before she had come to terms with her . |
| 20 | These may be triggered off by someone who tries unwisely to hurry the widow into the full realisation of her loss before she is ready to accept it . |
| 21 | Paula Yates , for instance , admits in an interview in Woman magazine that she is so thin that she had to put on weight before she could become pregnant . |
| 22 | She was lying on an examination couch before she realised that he had undressed , as well . |
| 23 | It was not only a long job , but a painful one for Deborah , the backs of whose hands were pricked , scored and smeared with blood before she succeeded in freeing the lamb altogether . |
| 24 | Once again Leonora found herself fighting with the tiller in a dinghy threatening to stand on its head in a mountainous sea , but this time when the engine cut out she was plucked from the boat before she could hit the water . |
| 25 | The memory of their night together haunted her so relentlessly that it was daylight before she fell into an uneasy , exhausted sleep . |
| 26 | The thought had no sooner entered her mind when she tripped over the first slat of the drawbridge and fell to her knees before she could save herself . |
| 27 | A woman who has given birth must immerse herself in a mikva before she can resume sexual relations with her husband . |
| 28 | But it was two long years of disappointment before she conceived . |
| 29 | Mr Helmsley did not say how long he planned to keep his buildings in mourning , but his wife is expected to be in jail for at least 19 months before she is eligible for parole . |
| 30 | It was only a matter of months before she was forced to withdraw even with the support of Alfonso ( who now that the Cid was dead finally recognized the worth of his finest knight ) . |