Example sentences of "[vb past] before i " in BNC.
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| 1 | She fled before I could finish . |
| 2 | You have n't — ’ I stopped before I said something he might take exception to . |
| 3 | Two serious illnesses which I have been told about , but can not remember , occurred before I was three . |
| 4 | Ant : There were n't any in my cupboard and you came before I was ready … |
| 5 | Mm cos I found I 'd try , well the works had er , erm table and I , I remember the last time I played before I left and I said come on , I 'll |
| 6 | She has encouraged me to talk about what happened before I got to that stage , and to think about what might have led up to it . |
| 7 | I ca n't tell you more than the bare bones of what happened before I arrived , though the polite version is available in old back copies of Gay News and Annual Reports . |
| 8 | Evelyn , what happened before I arrived ? ’ |
| 9 | I do n't recall it very well , for it happened before I came , and I was too young to be much interested , in any event . ’ |
| 10 | so we started called her lip , but that happened before I got there so , as I got there it just like , as I joined got in with the regulars it started to peter out a bit , but I got fooled with a couple of times I thought they were taking the piss , alright Lynn how you doing , you know , still . |
| 11 | I was raped twice by men I dated before I was married , and was raped on numerous occasions throughout my twelve year marriage . |
| 12 | The manse door opened before I reached it . |
| 13 | ‘ It all began before I was born , ’ she said , unaware that she was twisting her hands tightly together in her lap . |
| 14 | He really could n't help himself , and I ended up having to do lots of steady canter work on and on until he settled before I could start to work on more interesting things . |
| 15 | But I was so proud of my beautiful daughter , and I wanted to make up to you for the years we lost before I met your mama again ; I wanted you to have the best of everything , and I thought that that was what I was giving you . |
| 16 | The painful contractions started before I reached the ward and by the time the ward nurse had brought me 2 paracetamol , I needed to go back to the delivery suite ! |
| 17 | You started before I am . |
| 18 | I blushed before I gave it to Gwenellen . |
| 19 | I 'm taking flushes and whatever but I feel brand new compared to what I felt before I had a hysterectomy cos I was totally lifeless ! |
| 20 | and I thought before I go and send it back , because I do n't know of anybody |
| 21 | ‘ Good bye , Granny , I 'll try to be a good girl , ’ I sobbed before I stood back for the undertaker to screw down the lid . |
| 22 | My parents both died before I left the School of Italian Studies so I had heard nothing about my family for over ten years . |
| 23 | ‘ She died before I came over , Mrs Sutherland . |
| 24 | Do n't know how I managed before I had Nigel . |
| 25 | I knew before I went that I would cry that day , but I thought it would be because he was standing in front of me , not because he was n't standing in front of me . |
| 26 | I knew before I started out that , weatherwise , the end of March is not the time to plan a journey to the Islands and my misgiving proved to be well founded as on Tuesday 23 March I found myself in the lounge at Dalcross Airport , Inverness watching gale force winds sweep snow across the runways . |
| 27 | I knew before I started that Rainbow had no missionary tendencies . |
| 28 | I knew before I could see for sure that Jo would be driving . |
| 29 | Karen reacted before I did . |
| 30 | The notices go up , inviting applications which no longer refer to ‘ the poor ’ ; and if you read these , you assume it to be some quaint custom , as I did before I heard how much was involved . |