Example sentences of "before [pers pn] [vb base] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before I reveal to the distinguished company gathered here this morning some of Councillor good works , I feel it incumbent upon me and appropriate to pay tribute to Councillor , our Lord Mayor , who died in office in April and I offer my sincere condolences to Mrs from my party and the Council . |
| 2 | And so , however unwillingly , and before I return to the dark-haired girl in the coffee bar , I feel obliged to describe now an almost incredible tale about my former friend Robert . |
| 3 | And so , however unwillingly , and before I return to the dark-haired girl in the coffee bar , I feel obliged to describe now an almost incredible tale about my former friend Robert . ’ |
| 4 | I should mention other relevant matters before I refer to the statutory provisions . |
| 5 | Before I refer to the particular provisions dealing with administrative receivers , I should also say something about the statutory background to the provisions and the evident purpose of the innovation of the concept of an administrative receiver . |
| 6 | But before I start with the heavy stuff , I 'd like to tell you my own theory about grown-ups and their DOs and DON'Ts and why a lot of them are not very good at dealing with children . |
| 7 | After Lescun , the valley of the Aspe grows increasingly tight and stony , a forbidding landscape well epitomized by the manmade fortress of Le Portalet , built high up in the cliffs on the left just before you come to the final French village of Urdos . |
| 8 | Before you switch to a new card firm , do n't cancel the old one until you have been accepted by the new issuer . |
| 9 | You 've got to start back a long way before you get to the final decisions on costs and budgets . |
| 10 | then I went , I went into town a bit later on , come down Manstral Road and there was like a load of traffic there and I got to where the traffic lights are just before you get to the big turning at Manstral Road |
| 11 | By the way , before you get to the bad part , was I right about your name ? ’ |
| 12 | I implore you , before you write for the French stage , to listen to their operas and find out what above all pleases them . |
| 13 | ‘ Before you change to a personal plan you must compare like with like : |
| 14 | Before you take to the high street , it is worth spending time with your partner to think carefully about what you will actually need and perhaps more importantly what you both like : it is surprising how much tastes can differ over the smallest of items ! |
| 15 | The worst moment always seems to be immediately before you step into the unknown . |
| 16 | Here are some easy rules to remember before you embark on a major scheme : |
| 17 | I 've sometimes made some rather awful mistakes when I have thought first about what I would like to give rather than what my friends would like to receive , so do try to find out before you embark on a special garment . |
| 18 | Do not forget that even if you are a potential council or housing association tenant , you have the right to turn down unsuitable property or demand that certain repairs be carried out before you sign on the dotted line . |
| 19 | Before you sign on the dotted line , check to see if the company is a member is a member of the Kitchen Specialists Association ( KSA ) . |
| 20 | It 's important to get good instruction on dry slopes so that you do n't get into bad habits before you start on the real stuff . |
| 21 | Reach the bollard which gives you the opportunity to pause , and take your time before you look in the opposite direction and cross the other half of the road . |
| 22 | Well ca n't you just talk cos it 's not long , just a couple of minutes just talk before you revise for a little while ? |
| 23 | You may then have to look through reams of examples before you decide on the right person for the job . |
| 24 | So , long before you rush into the basic decoration and furnishings you must first of all make a proper plan of the room and its needs and then work out how best to spend what money you have . |
| 25 | Before we proceed with the political career of Dr. Williams , a brief history of national affirmation in Trinidad : 1914–1948 . |
| 26 | All except ( 6 ) have an introductory adverbial clause or phrase providing a point of orientation before we launch into a main clause . |
| 27 | You talk about leading questions again that testing trial closed where we 'd just test the water before we go for the actual commitment . |
| 28 | No , oh no , certainly not , but , but I mean before we get to the prescriptive level which is quite er a , a long way down the road , at the analytic level I think , I think Anne-Marie 's point is she 's trying to understand erm just what the the significances of these difference in parental investment are . |
| 29 | Before we embark on a major explanatory exercise , however , we must be sure that the effect is truly causal , and not just the spurious result of joint association with a prior explanatory variable , as explained in chapter 12 . |
| 30 | Erm before we embark on the continued discussion on H two er and we are prepared to look at erm the the which says should the party include specific plans on location of the new settlement . |