Example sentences of "before he could [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was born deaf , dumb and blind and was also mentally-deficient , and died in 1902 before he could accede to the bewildering duties and titles that went with the Dukedom of Norfolk , Earl Marshal of England . |
| 2 | Before he could return to the Redoubt , he would have to earn an income deemed acceptable to the Lance master and his treasurer . |
| 3 | In many ways the part of a horseman 's job calling for most of his skill was that concerned with working the land , and using a standard of craftsmanship set immeasurably high both by the tradition of his craft and by the immediate needs of cultivation ; and a horseman served a long and disciplined apprenticeship before he could attain to the standard demanded . |
| 4 | Before he could move for the doors , they were flung open imperiously , revealing a wide-eyed , agonised Auguste outside . |
| 5 | MOST of the money raised for disabled Courtaulds employee Chris Lumb , who sadly died before he could benefit from the appeal launched in his name , is going to help blind toddler Leannda Ward . |
| 6 | Mr Clerides , who beat incumbent George Vassiliou with a narrow majority of 1,998 votes in Sunday 's election , said that before he could go to the peace talks in New York he needed to consult with the Cypriot and Greek political leadership . |
| 7 | More recent scholars have neatly squared the circle : in the words of Curtis Price , ‘ the score was made in haste before the February 1693 revival … [ or ] it was prepared after the event for the library of the Theatre Royal , passing from Purcell 's hands before he could write in the [ missing ] dances ’ . |
| 8 | Kolchinsky leaped from his chair and grabbed Philpott before he could fall to the floor . |
| 9 | Before he could get to the specimen , its entrails had decomposed so badly that they had to be thrown away , so it was a gutted specimen that he eventually saw . |
| 10 | He realised that the van would be clear of the car park before he could get onto the return ramp , and even with its shredded front tyre , it could get outside the hotel area , and the driver escape into the streets of London . |