Example sentences of "before [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] out the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before she could reply , before she could sort out the details , even , he launched himself on her and stopped her mouth with his . |
| 2 | Before she could set out the cups she had to remove a large heavy book — Crockford — which occupied the centre of the table . |
| 3 | For a moment she was blinded by the glare of headlights before she could pick out the white mini behind them . |
| 4 | Before he can set out the book reaches a savage climax as a night bivouac comes under heavy bombardment with rockets and mortars : the violence , noise and confusion are captured , as is the terrifying helplessness which contrasts with the circumstances of his first wound in action during an armoured charge under gunfire . |
| 5 | One of the things he had not envisaged was how long it would take before he could send out the first invoice . |
| 6 | Bad news followed in his wake ; the French company went bankrupt before it could pay out the cheque . |
| 7 | It must be reformed before it will carry out the reaction again , thus making the reaction uneconomical as an industrial process ( particularly as iridium is very expensive ) . |