Example sentences of "before [pron] could [vb infin] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before she could reply , before she could sort out the details , even , he launched himself on her and stopped her mouth with his . |
| 2 | But fitzAlan spoke again before she could pin down the feeling . |
| 3 | Before she could set out the cups she had to remove a large heavy book — Crockford — which occupied the centre of the table . |
| 4 | But before she could set off the next day , the hospital telephoned with bad news . |
| 5 | For a moment she was blinded by the glare of headlights before she could pick out the white mini behind them . |
| 6 | One of the things he had not envisaged was how long it would take before he could send out the first invoice . |
| 7 | To this end he reintroduced a school of industrial design , sacked the Professor of Painting , Gilbert Spencer , who had advised students not to visit the 1945–6 Picasso and Matisse exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum , appointed the former fashion editor of Vogue , Madge Garland , as the first ever Professor of Fashion and invited Allan Walton , who died before he could take up the post , to head the textile department . |
| 8 | Bad news followed in his wake ; the French company went bankrupt before it could pay out the cheque . |