Example sentences of "it before " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do not prolong it beyond its allotted span , he wrote , but do not terminate it before its allotted span . |
| 2 | I have always had reasonable live-in accommodation ( having inspected it before accepting a position ) and , although on certain days I have worked non-stop , on others I have been very quiet and still received the same salary . |
| 3 | People would never put up with it before then . |
| 4 | So I can run through it before the presentation . ’ |
| 5 | It was hard , perilous work which , by rockfall or dust , killed most of the men employed in it before their retirement age , and it left Evan with the gasping lungs of the silicosis-sufferer . |
| 6 | Perhaps I would n't want to do it before an audience but then I 've never performed for others . |
| 7 | The results of this brief comparison may surprise those Whig interpreters of Soviet history who read back into it before its time the dominant Great-Russian nationalism of the 1930s . |
| 8 | Since I 've understood what management was about — I suppose that must have been back in the early 1950s — I 've had the philosophy that if I go into a job I must do it better than the bloke who 's been doing it before me . |
| 9 | ‘ I could empty out this whole ward and fill it before evening with four new patients — four I could help , Jack ; four that need help and need it now . ’ |
| 10 | You should fasten it before opening the door to check the identity of callers . |
| 11 | We need to hurry but it 'll take an hour or so and I do n't want the papers on to it before the next of kin know . |
| 12 | To see if I can get the money for it before the end of the month . |
| 13 | And he shall offer it before the Lord , and make atonement for her ; and she shall be cleansed from the fountain of her blood … the priest shall make atonement for her , and she shall become clean . |
| 14 | The contractors take it away and dilute it before spreading it thinly on the soil . ’ |
| 15 | The machine can completely fail to work because no-one has bothered to test it before the day . |
| 16 | We got him to come and fix it before the first session . |
| 17 | Bowen delivered the ideal ball into the penalty area and Sutton reached it before the advancing Norman only to flick it a yard or so over the top . |
| 18 | Heritage groups had feared it would leave the country after the Tate Gallery failed to buy it before the sale . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , I suggest you do it before interrupting again , ’ he cried . |
| 20 | When a pupil came in asking for a special book , he would rush and find it before Mr Crangle . |
| 21 | You must descend without fear , or hesitation , and descend further , and still descend ; you will find that your glass key will shed light on your way if you hold it before you . |
| 22 | ‘ Sir David himself finds the task rather daunting and suspects he will not accomplish it before Reginald 's wedding day . ’ |
| 23 | So the Queen and I just made it before the deluge ! |
| 24 | Not half as much as I am of you ! thought Henry , as he ran his eyes down the rest of the manuscript ( she must have written it before going to sleep ) . |
| 25 | McCann stood to the side until Reginald had left the room ; he then put the chairs back in place , puffed up the feather cushions on the chesterfield , rearranged the small tables , swept the ash from around the hearth , brought a straight iron fireguard and placed it before the fire . |
| 26 | How close it approaches a food item is dependent on several factors , because the bream , in common with other bottom feeding fish , has the facility of extending lips which it uses to suck and blow a food item to clean it before consuming it . |
| 27 | To me the grenadilla is without compare ; its flowers are sweet like the flowers of roses , but its fruit is like no other fruit and I would choose it before the nectar of the gods . |
| 28 | She had to place her other hand on the bowl to steady it before replacing the glass carefully on the dressing-table . |
| 29 | ‘ They ’ did not come as far west as Fulham that night , but we did get it before the end of the week . |
| 30 | Paul speaks of suing for it before the praetor fideicommissarius . |