Example sentences of "set [adv] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | set off before the last grunt of the dinosaurs |
| 2 | Anna chose essences of ylang-ylang ( her favourite ) , bergamot and geranium from a selection of possibles set out before her . |
| 3 | We set out before 7 a.m. , but Jean-Claude did not tell me how far away the château stood , or how long it would take to reach the boundary of the domain . |
| 4 | A further 3 would be set down before the century 's end . |
| 5 | This time must be set aside before proceeding to raise requisitions . |
| 6 | First , such a change does not take place overnight among all artists ; and secondly it is very hard to be certain that a given statue from the Acropolis was actually set up before the invasion . |
| 7 | The main features of the provincial press were set well before 1939 . |
| 8 | She sets out before the sun , driving a team of horses which pull her soft blue chariot up from the depths of the ocean , and shows her brother the way to rise . |
| 9 | Those are the policies that the right hon. Gentleman sets out before this nation . |
| 10 | We believe that at least partial answers to these questions will emerge later in this book — we shall certainly return to them — but a few brief comments are worth setting down before closing the present chapter . |
| 11 | The largest intact building , erected beside the small church , was occupied by three resident monks , a lay servant , and a group of men from Berwick , who , under the supervision of a black-robed clerk , were carrying out and setting up before the building a trestle table with a stool for each end , and a couple of benches . |
| 12 | It was a beautiful sunny day , if anything it would be too hot for the marathon runners who set off before the fun runners , fun walkers and fun pusher ! |
| 13 | In defence , the dismounted men-at-arms and archers ( the archers being either in ‘ wedges ’ or set out before the men-at-arms ) provided density of resistance , giving each other support , the men-at-arms being all the better protected , since the archers were able to fire their weapons a considerable distance against an advancing enemy , thus disrupting them before they reached the defending men-at-arms who , with their own cavalry , could then mount a counter-attack . |
| 14 | Every other aspect of the scene set out before her belonged to another Rose Cottage . |