Example sentences of "before he [vb past] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It finished 'is boxin'. 'E was goin' ter fight fer a title before 'e went in the army . ’ |
| 2 | Wright 's dazzling run destroyed two defenders before he slotted in the opening goal — and before the finish he was unlucky not to add two more . |
| 3 | Jack walked through the quiet roads for almost an hour before he came to the bottom of Monument Hill . |
| 4 | Before he came to the department last month , Peckham was director of the British Postgraduate Medical Federation in London , which coordinates numerous research institutes . |
| 5 | No , no , the present the present one was a I think he was a Chairman of a big building society before he came into the Post Office and they use these are on three year terms , but er the previous Post Office one er spent nine years as Chairman , spent three yea three terms of three years . |
| 6 | ‘ Ah , there you — ’ one of them began , before he took in the fact that it was a stranger standing in front of him , rather than the third scientist . |
| 7 | I was the one who would help him back to bed , I was the one who would read lines to him in the morning before he went on the set . ’ |
| 8 | Maxim asked carefully : ‘ Did he see you before he went to the country , when he first came back from Germany ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You think Newley checked back with him before he went to the cottage ? ’ |
| 10 | Before he went to the hospital , John Coffin had had a telephone call from his current girlfriend . |
| 11 | Stories vary widely , some say he took off his apron and laid down his knife before he went to the Bank to tackle the Manager . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd make sure he saw me every time before he went out the door . |
| 13 | Before he disappeared out the door ! |
| 14 | It seemed forever before he got to the centre of the stage . |
| 15 | ‘ Pint of Bass , please , ’ I ordered , so that it was half-pulled before he got to the bar . |
| 16 | In newsomes situation I would have maybe challenged him before he got to the box and maybe given a foul away in the process . |
| 17 | They always saw his jokes before he got to the punch line . |
| 18 | He stopped the chauffeur wearily before he got to the Book . |
| 19 | But before he got to the newsagent 's he met , coming out of Fawley Road with a small boy and smaller girl , his first cousin once removed , Tina Darne . |
| 20 | Sharpe put two efforts wide before he got on the score sheet for the first time this season , courtesy of Cantona , after 77 minutes . |
| 21 | Eastwood missed two kickable penalties before he got off the mark with a 20th minute kick after Wigan were caught offside . |
| 22 | ‘ What you 're saying , ’ Spruce said , ‘ is that he was dead before he got into the pit . ’ |
| 23 | He wished she 'd told him she was going to see her friend before he got into the car . |
| 24 | Terry had to go back on Sunday night and before he left for the station hugged his mother and looked fearfully into her drawn face . |
| 25 | Mr Browning , before he left for the south , complimented her on her handling of his friend . |
| 26 | If he had been able to speak to Jo each morning before he left for the Embassy , he probably would n't have been such a pain in the outer office . |
| 27 | He began to think it would be years before he escaped until the day he bumped into Wednesday , who was now Sunday , as he tip-toed back to Nettles . |
| 28 | In the last analysis the 67 12s. 9d. would stand revealed ; the pen would be taken out of his fingers just before he signed across the excise stamp ; gentle hands would conduct him back to the comfortable shabby gloom of Flat 4 , 86 Leominster Gardens . |
| 29 | Connon took a last look back at the gathering gloom before he stepped into the house . |
| 30 | Twenty minutes elapsed before he returned to the bridge where Talbot was now alone : as the ship was no longer under way , Harrison had retired to his Mess . |