Example sentences of "before [pers pn] [verb] to the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This happened just before I went to the first gay liberation meeting in London . |
| 2 | The last beach along here before you come to the first of the rocky headlands that are so prettily characteristic of Biarritz 's coastline , is called the Chambre d'Amour or Chamber of Love , after an old depression in the sand where two lovers are said to have put themselves well and truly on the map by being surprised in their amours by the Atlantic tide . |
| 3 | We 've just got this one paragraph , before we go to the next sub-heading erm , then we 'll close there shall we ? |
| 4 | Before we got to the first tee I could see that Jack was already on edge — or more on edge , rather , because a hangover had already eaten into his small reserves of patience and equanimity . |
| 5 | Good , O K , let's see how we get so far , before we come to the last question . |
| 6 | It may be , of course , that the intention is to numb his senses before he gets to the umpteenth and penultimate clause which requires him to foot the bill for the monstrosity . |