Example sentences of "before he was [verb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was the man demobbed from his regiment who came to do the garden just as he had before he was called to war . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , however , he would not have long to play before he was turned to spaghetti . ’ |
| 3 | ( Unfortunately , however , he would not have long to play before he was turned to spaghetti . |
| 4 | After the defendant 's Ford Fiesta crashed , Scott had to be restrained before he was taken to hospital for treatment . |
| 5 | Doctor Teesdale visited the condemned man in prison once or twice during the week before he was put to death . |