Example sentences of "and before [pers pn] [vb past] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | It was dark and windy outside , and before I went to sleep I could hear a dog growling in the distance . |
2 | Dinner came ; for me the meal was a very hasty one , and before I went to bed that night I had finished reading the manuscript . |
3 | And before I went to school on the Monday , drove back down the marsh and went in this forest trying to find it . |
4 | His father owned a record shop in Baltimore and before he went to university he had become the buyer for the shop , a job which provided an unlikely education . |
5 | He was in agreement with my suggestion that the property be sold and before he returned to college in the autumn of 1976 , he took my advice and placed house and lands in the hands of an estate agent . |
6 | She intended to drive to Gloucestershire straight from the office and before she went to work she wanted Oliver and his property out of her flat . |
7 | She worked out sums on her way to school and in the bath and before she went to sleep . |