Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is working with Intel on the project but has to wait for silicon before it attempts to actualise the product and turn it over to LSI Logic for manufacture . |
| 2 | Newco should apply to be registered for VAT before it contracts to purchase the business . |
| 3 | Hypotheses are checked for redundancy before they are added to the Chart . |
| 4 | We had to make absolutely sure that her dressing-room number was kept secret , and tracker dogs checked for explosives before she arrived . |
| 5 | If this facility is available , the map should be displayed on a graphics display terminal and checked for errors before it is sent to the film writer . |
| 6 | Don had been experimenting for years before he took out the patent in 1970 and significantly stated that ‘ The difference in camber and relative incidence on the central fore and aft sections serves to stabilise the kite in pitch ’ . |
| 7 | If you help me find Bernard I 'll wait until he 's tipped off Bailey before I kill him . |
| 8 | Then the two frames were clamped together , and holes drilled for bolts before the cladding was put on . |
| 9 | For a girl not to know about periods before she has them ? |
| 10 | Its segments open , and out drop the fertilised fully-provisioned eggs — seeds — which if necessary can wait for years before moisture penetrates them and stimulates them to spring to life . |
| 11 | ‘ We ca n't have him dying of thirst before his flesh has been mortified enough to appease the Dark Ones , ’ said Wiggs . |
| 12 | Now if the intention is to elicit authentic behaviour corresponding to that of the natural language user , then learners need to be primed with purpose before they are required to give evidence of understanding , and indeed the evidence itself has to be of the kind which would emerge as a natural outcome . |
| 13 | It would enable world leaders if encountering opposition world leaders to come into harmony before they started . |
| 14 | I feel he needs to be in a winning side , one brimming with confidence before he sparkles . |
| 15 | Samuel Hitching stated that he examined the Coffin carefully and that it had two canvas patches on where there were decayed places in the Wood — he also measured the thickness of the Board and they were only 5/8 of an inch at top and ½ an inch thick at the bottom — the lid was also warped that they could not screw it down properly-One of the bearers also stated that he was afraid it would fall in pieces before they got to the Church with it . |
| 16 | Meanwhile up to 1,000 more break-ins are expected in Gloucestershire before the year is out . |
| 17 | It must be made crystal clear that they must withdraw from the land that they presently occupy in Croatia before there can be progress towards a lasting settlement . |
| 18 | Many are dying from starvation before they reach safe havens in Northern Kenya . |
| 19 | From one point of view it could be argued that he should be rescued from Tarvaras before he had an opportunity to come into contact with any of the inhabitants . |
| 20 | Frenzied , speedy and a shocking jolt of personal film-making , which had to come to Britain before it was recognised as a classic . |
| 21 | ‘ Could a woman have beaten back the Scots , forcing King David to come to terms before he plundered the entire north ? ’ |
| 22 | And he has to week before he gets any money he has to work a week in arrears , you know , they they |
| 23 | Always knock on doors before you enter . |
| 24 | Thomas , aged 27 , who fled to Tenerife before his trial ended , was rearrested on his return to England last month . |
| 25 | Returning to work before you are fit could infect others and delay your recovery . |
| 26 | A car involved in a fatal accident on the M1 Motorway is believed to have caught on fire before it crashed . |
| 27 | A shorter trip for a long night out was also organised by friends before he retired with a private coach taking a very large party to Ayr . |
| 28 | Indeed , in the wake of the scandals the professional world of child care was itself politicized , just as the relative political protection enjoyed by practitioners before Maria Colwell 's death disappeared ( Parton , 1985 ) . |
| 29 | The general rule is well established that if a person signs a document which contains contract terms , he/she is bound by those terms , provided that the document was presented for signature before the contract was concluded . |
| 30 | I see why you hope for surrender before the rain comes to refill their cisterns . |