Example sentences of "before [pron] [verb] the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But before I take the first step out of here , I think I 'll feel pretty good about the knowledge and inquisitive spirit I 've been able to share and the doors I 've helped open . |
| 2 | … half the year had gone , the clear smoke-free distances of early summer a thing of the past , and midsummer day over , before I got the first clue . |
| 3 | However , I had hardly got started before I got the first complaint . |
| 4 | The nicest thing about Duckhurst Farm 's clear round afternoons is the atmosphere : they are meant to encourage horse and rider and the owners were happy for me to trot round for five minutes before we faced the first fence . |
| 5 | It took another five days of route-marching before they heard the first sound of artillery fire , could smell the trenches and therefore knew they must be approaching the front . |
| 6 | And of course on the morning it was difficult to tell because before he took the first test he appeared to be fine until really the , the very last minute . |
| 7 | The CEGB know it , the local authority know it , we know it , you know it , and the inspector appointed to carry out the inevitable inquiry will know it before he hears the first evidence . |
| 8 | The right hon. Gentleman should get out of the habit of writing his supplementary questions before he hears the first answer . |