Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although programs like DO-IT existed for the PC before anything appeared for the Macintosh it and its close cousins cost several thousand pounds . |
| 2 | Not that I will be changing anything in the immediate area of the shelf at the base of which the bait lies , but I thought it better to give the carp a profound liking for the swim before even one stalk of rush or one lily pad was removed . |
| 3 | ‘ WE MAKE SURE the high ground is safe for the officers before they go in , ’ Officer Terry McIntosh , a helicopter pilot with the Los Angeles Police Department , said as we flew over the city at a few hundred feet . |
| 4 | I 've got nearly over five hundred quid , then the petrol and then food where you could n't get food donated , and new tyres for the bike before I went so you could only get on the road . |
| 5 | ‘ On the other hand , if you 've allowed yourself to be persuaded either by Lotta 's silver tongue or her golden purse to attempt to defraud me — then your best course of action now would be to make for the door before I remember that the blood of the ancient Vikings still runs in my veins ! ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Help him , ’ said Isabel , heading for the door before Ellen had her gown properly fastened . |
| 7 | Michael O'Neill drilled home a second for the visitors before Dunne restored Saints ' hopes on the half-hour mark with his second goal in successive games . |
| 8 | He had spent several years in the Sudan and he gave us a tip : ‘ Never take a taxi there , ’ he said , ‘ without fixing the price for the journey before you get in . ’ |
| 9 | learned contributions have been made , and in that connection , I need only refer to some which are part of the appendices for the case before you today , notedly the contribution made following recent research by Mrs on archaeological matters of significance to this particular area . |
| 10 | The car ferry to Arran was full of tourists and , being Friday evening , city commuters who made a determined beeline for the bar before the weekend golf louts took all the elbow room . |
| 11 | ‘ I want to win the junior at Wembley and be selected for the junior team for Brussels and then go into seniors and win the world championship at seventeen and be selected for the Olympics before I 'm twenty-one . ’ |
| 12 | De Gaulle , thanks to radio , was a voice and a symbol for the French before ever he sought elective office . |
| 13 | " Presumably he telephoned for the mechanic before he left . " |
| 14 | It looks as if he was initially working not from a completed score but from a sketch , and simply making sure that enough space was left for the movement before the copyist took over for the next one . |
| 15 | Expressions of discontent and low morale among musicians gained unwelcome publicity for the RSNO before changes in management were confirmed last year , when moves for the orchestra to become self-governing began . |
| 16 | NICK FALDO stirred himself at last in the Masters at Augusta National yesterday when a third round of 68 made him five under par for the tournament before a storm caused a three-hour delay that had a disastrous effect on defending champion Ian Woosnam , who had been sharing the lead with Craig Parry . |
| 17 | " Enough of this , " said Sir Gregory , and nodded to Father Timothy , who bowed his head and gave thanks for the meal before his host led the way to the chapel to say the last prayers for a safe voyage and a timely arrival . |
| 18 | IBM noted that Zschau had been tapped for the post before Louis Gerstner came aboard as its new chairman , and said that there were no plans to offer AdStar shares to the public . |
| 19 | Somehow , the châteaux owners have been able to persuade us that it is in our interest to pay for the wine before it has been bottled and to finance its cellar maturation , which in the case of the better wines takes from ten to fifteen or even twenty years . |
| 20 | ‘ So , when the bombs start to go off the Western press will put it down to hard-liner elements still yearning for the days before Gorbachev arrived . |
| 21 | It seems to me , not only that this does not appear , but that the contrary appears ; for the plaintiff before the letter had already bound himself to marry , by placing himself not only under a moral , but under a legal , obligation to marry , and the testator knew it . |
| 22 | For the period before the Industrial Revolution little is known about the operation of local labour markets , especially for the north of England . |
| 23 | It is advisable for the claimant to take along one written estimate for the funeral before the arrangements are made , in order to ensure that the cost will be met by the DSS , but a bill can be taken after the funeral to the DSS for help . |
| 24 | If the test proves successful , it may enable physicians to start therapy for the condition before the diabetes causes irreparable damage . |
| 25 | The County Union is looking into the Boyce Hill boy 's absence and Lockwood will wait for the outcome before he names the squad to take on Hertfordshire in the second match in July . |
| 26 | Neville Furlong won the race for the touch before the ball went over the deadball line and Peter Russell made it 6–0 with a fine conversion from far out . |
| 27 | Borrowing an idea from the fiercely competitive US market , ITN has made McDonald the sole anchorman but his role seems not so much to read the news as to make it simple for the viewer before the reporter fills the story out . |
| 28 | Frequently venue staff try to set everything up before you arrive , on the basis that it worked for the people before you and it 's less effort for them . |
| 29 | During the hours before Gen Robertson sent off his telegram to Gen McCreery on the evening of 14 May , he discussed the policy implications of its contents with Alexander Kirk . |
| 30 | GULF war veterans have sent a letter of comfort to the family of the Llanrwst boy who became their ‘ mascot ’ during the war before he was killed in a tragic accident . |