Example sentences of "before he [vb past] into the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ What you 're saying , ’ Spruce said , ‘ is that he was dead before he got into the pit . ’ |
| 3 | He wished she 'd told him she was going to see her friend before he got into the car . |
| 4 | Connon took a last look back at the gathering gloom before he stepped into the house . |
| 5 | No matter how carefully you have studied that Elvis 1968 comeback special look , emulating the King of Sex before he turned into the King of Lard , those around you are reminded more of Alvin Stardust singing ‘ My Coo-Ca-Choo ’ in PVC . |
| 6 | Celia Hooper 's husband , Denis , had fixed up a little mirror for Peter to examine himself in before he emerged into the church . |
| 7 | The manservant dropped to one knee , brought the crossbow up , again the death-bearing click , and the whirring crossbow bolt caught the second assassin just before he slipped into the darkness . |