Example sentences of "before [pron] [verb] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before I set off for the station for the train to Puno , I loaded up with imodium to seal my loose , nervous bowels ; folded my chain and felt its weight in my hand . |
| 2 | I have to confess that I saved up for a portable television before I saved up for a washing machine , but then my priorities may have been different if I had not had a laundrette opposite the front door . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | Did n't you even stop to consider that , before you set off for an evening drive ? ’ |
| 5 | When they reached the stairs , his voice determinedly reasonable , he asked , ‘ Do you want to return to Ca ’ del Leone to shower and change before we go out for a meal ? ’ |
| 6 | It was once more about five minutes before we set out for the alleyway behind the Love Me Tender massage parlor . |
| 7 | Determined to shoot one with a really fine head , I decided to spend a night near the mountain-top so that I could hunt for them in the early morning before they lay up for the day . |
| 8 | He is in London with Jacob , his wife Judy and daughter Julia , 10 , and before they set off for the Odeon , Leicester Square , last night , he said : ‘ None of us would be here today without Jake 's idea . ’ |
| 9 | Laura smiled that silly sort of champagne smile that all men ( all right , some men ) look for before they move in for the kill . |
| 10 | She was spending the night with him before he went off for a walking weekend in Derbyshire . |
| 11 | Before he stepped up for the most nerve-shattering moment of his career Guennady Grishin had kept his nerve to fire the Russians into a 4-3 advantage . |
| 12 | Before he sets off for the next stage , he 's sharing his seafaring experiences . |