Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] before [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ursula Hutton , nee Cohn , did not even get a good night 's sleep before plunging into the realities of her new life with her foster family in Willesden : |
| 2 | He returned North and was head chef at Martha 's Vineyard before moving to the King 's Head . |
| 3 | Oxygen masks were necessary and Carter had picked off Joseph 's face before leaving for the stair . |
| 4 | When one horizontal line of knots has been tied , they are beaten tightly together with the weaver 's comb before starting on the next line , and this continues upwards until the rug has been completed . |
| 5 | So we saw almost nothing of Hong Kong , except the inside of the luxurious Hong Kong Hotel , where we had a few hours ' sleep before going to the railway station in the morning . |
| 6 | Given the new licensing laws for teachers I shall give them some experience of the post 16+ area before embarking on the lower school work with which under the former arrangement I would normally have begun . |