Example sentences of "before it [verb] to [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So our involvement was for it to be presented to us before it came to this meeting . |
| 2 | Because we felt that the application for mining , the timing would be picked by the companies , there would be immense pressure on the people to change their position because at that stage it would be out in the open that there was money there and that it would be in the government 's hands and we felt we would lose that so what we had to do was get it stopped before it got to that stage ’ . |
| 3 | And really it has to be said and has to be said historically that I mean the army in a way was left with a job which politicians should have sorted out before it got to that stage . |
| 4 | ‘ Before it got to this stage there would undoubtedly have been letters flying between the two . |
| 5 | I , I was just going to say that the county surveyor said that everything comes to this committee before anything else happens , but of course it goes to the press before it comes to this committee and that shows with , with the |
| 6 | but before it comes to this meeting |
| 7 | Their main argument is that the World Cup should move around on a rotational basis , but having staged the first three tournaments , other countries have some catching up to do before it returns to these shores . |