Example sentences of "i before " in BNC.
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| 1 | Am I before a court ? , |
| 2 | I before the E except C. |
| 3 | But early on you see he when I before the war he 'd nothing was first of all a push bike |
| 4 | My Lords er that clearly is a very serious contribution to the Debate which has to be taken very seriously indeed , er an but I before er responding directly to the er er invitation from the er Minister , I , I just want to summarise very briefly what I think has been the outcome o of this Debate . |
| 5 | It would only be a matter of ti me before the pubs , the little grocer and the dry-cleaner 's were replaced by some establishment selling something on which an enormous mark-up could be obtained . |
| 6 | The last I saw of Jordi was when he turned his head towards me before getting into the car , smiled , and gave a shrug . |
| 7 | Then he had added , ‘ I 'll be over at the factory if you need me before then . |
| 8 | He stared at me before writing again . |
| 9 | I still pray to God to help me before every race . |
| 10 | ‘ You 'll hear from me before then ! ’ |
| 11 | The average man may perhaps think it an exaggeration but I do assure you that this is factually so and nights are not now so dark that I can not be completely aware of what is happening around me before , during and after the nets have been set . |
| 12 | Your correspondent Mr. Pike wrote to me before writing to you about his diesel tacho . |
| 13 | Finally get to sleep at five , thinking : ‘ I do n't care who runs the country , as long as he does n't wake me before noon . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ He wanted to marry me before any of this happened , ’ Ruth said . |
| 15 | Steve continued to fix his eye on me before adding finally , ‘ Because I 've got nothing to say . ’ |
| 16 | Old Red looked up from the floor , and glanced at me before answering . |
| 17 | The thought had hardly occurred to me before the diver , with a weird-sounding cry , left the water in a noisy take-off , and flew seawards in alarm . |
| 18 | I suppose if you 'd asked me before all this happened , I 'd have said I 'd give in , but I was so angry . |
| 19 | At one time I would buy a bottle of whiskey and pour it all over me before going home because I knew she would n't try to argue if she thought I was drunk . |
| 20 | " Guard the truth that has been entrusted to you by the Holy Spirit " , writes Paul to Timothy , " and what you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also . " |
| 21 | Rico looked at me before replying . |
| 22 | It 'll happen to me before long , it 'll happen to you . |
| 23 | I carefully considered the information before me before deciding to issue the notice . |
| 24 | Sitting in the train , with a Sunday paper which I 'd automatically bought lying unopened on my knee , I felt a sense of relief at being away from him , at being surrounded by a lot of impersonal uncaring strangers who could see nothing different about me because they 'd never seen me before last night . |
| 25 | Remind me before the end of this lesson and we 'll have a little look at how to get full stops right cos it 's not too hard with those . |
| 26 | McDunn glances back at me before stopping at the phone and nodding down at it . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't feel resentful that God has decided to take me before my allotted span . |
| 28 | And I I think the illustration about Baptism , had n't really struck me before tonight . |
| 29 | And once again she smiled faintly , but without collusion , at me before looking down . |
| 30 | Ultima , I wrote on the last letter he sent me before his departure . |