Example sentences of "[to-vb] [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 | For a girl not to know about periods before she has them ? |
| 3 | It would enable world leaders if encountering opposition world leaders to come into harmony before they started . |
| 4 | Frenzied , speedy and a shocking jolt of personal film-making , which had to come to Britain before it was recognised as a classic . |
| 5 | ‘ Could a woman have beaten back the Scots , forcing King David to come to terms before he plundered the entire north ? ’ |
| 6 | And I know Bernard will be able to tip off Bailey before you get to him . ’ |
| 7 | He wanted a chance to talk to Nogai before Jotan caught up with him . |
| 8 | Eddie Browning says he wants to apply for bail before his case goes before the Appeal Court later this year . |
| 9 | BRITAIN 'S oil ‘ minnows ’ , many of them companies whose shares are trading at big discounts to their asset values , are hoping to grow by acquisition before they are swallowed by much bigger predators , writes George Duthie . |
| 10 | Curiously , it 's an executable file and not a device driver , so it can only be initially loaded in AUTOEXEC.BAT , which could permit a virus to go into memory before Virus Guard is loaded . |
| 11 | was because I want to go via Mottingham before I go to and buy a small plant . |
| 12 | I imagine he had dreamed of doing what he came to do for years before he tightened up his courage . ’ |
| 13 | Those who believe that it is important to consider the structure of the market rather than the behaviour of firms argue that it is far better to deal with problems before they arise . |
| 14 | Hoomey scooted to his feet , but several interested parties moved in to deal with Jazz before he could make a tactful retreat . |
| 15 | It is possible that Richard 's letter to York did mark the beginning of a planned chain of events but that something then forced his hand and he found himself having to deal with Hastings before his plans had matured . |
| 16 | It is possible that Richard 's letter to York did mark the beginning of a planned chain of events but that something then forced his hand and he found himself having to deal with Hastings before his plans had matured . |
| 17 | Paula Yates , for instance , admits in an interview in Woman magazine that she is so thin that she had to put on weight before she could become pregnant . |
| 18 | There is still much work to do at Kozloduy before the world can relax , and a long term commitment is required . |
| 19 | MITI had hoped to get the legislation through by next month , but it now looks as if it will have to wait until autumn before the ministries have talked it over . |
| 20 | Kate gave him a suspicious look , but he seemed to have recovered from the rage she 'd been fairly sure he 'd been trying to keep under control before she left the room . |
| 21 | She had to run from fitzAlan before he damaged her beyond recovery . |
| 22 | His legs were bare and he was wearing Indian leather sandals , the kind you had to soak in water before you first put them on . |
| 23 | And he 'd got a boy who did stutter and he always used to go to granddad before er he when he came to school , before lessons and he 'd give him this pebble and he 'd say , now you can put it in your pocket . |
| 24 | It was common knowledge that one really had to live with people before one knew them properly . |
| 25 | Had he been able to argue with Northumberland before the present arrived he would have refused it , for four reasons . |
| 26 | We will endeavour to arrive in Scheffau before the shops close ! |
| 27 | And if Sharpe was to die in battle before the duel could be fought , then the honour would be untarnished . |
| 28 | In all the cases examined with full verbs , the bare infinitive has evoked what could be termed a coincident actualization , and its event is not represented as beginning to exist in time before that of the main verb , as depicted by this diagram of I watched him cross the street : This does not exhaust the expressive capacity of the bare infinitive , however , as we are going to see that it can also express what we will call coincident potentiality . |
| 29 | Parents are advised to get in touch before the situation gets out of hand : ‘ We 're not a crisis-intervention centre , ’ they say . |
| 30 | Not good form to leave Erlich alone in his office , but his safe was locked , and the drawers of his desk were locked , and he wanted to get to Accounts before they closed , to draw a float before setting off . |