Example sentences of "before ever " in BNC.
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| 1 | A child is duly conceived , but before ever it is born , there is a breakdown of relationships between Sarah and Hagar , and Hagar has to flee into the desert . |
| 2 | Before ever the action begins he knows and tells Joshua what the outcome will be : ‘ See , I have given into your hand Jericho , with its king and mighty men of valour . ’ |
| 3 | I went to her in 1844 , before ever Mr Browning appeared on the scene . ’ |
| 4 | But it seemed , sir , when first I talked to Mrs Browning , before ever I mentioned my plan , or else I would not have mentioned it , it seemed Ferdinando was to go , that there was no choice , that he was nigh essential to your comfort , and then , having spoken out , to find he was not and therefore he would not go and my plan was to come to nothing — it is hard to understand , sir . ’ |
| 5 | She did not fear the rats ; a certain set of mind would keep them away from her in small furry terror , and as for the police-gangs , she could be awake and away before ever they reached her . |
| 6 | ‘ And you put food in , against the King 's orders , before ever you came to Nicosia ? |
| 7 | He had only twice before ever spoken to the man they called Sabbah . |
| 8 | De Gaulle , thanks to radio , was a voice and a symbol for the French before ever he sought elective office . |
| 9 | One might think his own mother had bewitched him , before ever he left her belly . ’ |
| 10 | But before ever we come to that issue , we have here a murdered man . |
| 11 | And now that I come to think back , ’ said Cadfael , shaking his head between doubt and conviction , ‘ that wind that blew in was gone before ever the page settled . |
| 12 | Even then , such is Peter 's Jewish prejudice , the Holy Spirit has to take the initiative in falling upon Cornelius and his company before ever Peter had got round to making any appeal to repentance , faith and baptism ( 10:44f ) . |
| 13 | It was as Cornelius waited humbly and receptively in prayer , that God 's supreme gift , the Holy Spirit , was poured out upon him before ever Peter who was preaching the good news to him , reached the climax of his sermon ! |
| 14 | Sorley is certainly remarkable for rejecting the prevailing enthusiasm for war so early on , and for forecasting , through a mixture of irony and pity , the horrors of Flanders before ever he reached the front . |
| 15 | Everyone with an ear to the ground in Moulden had heard the news before ever the police surgeon reached the spot . |
| 16 | So over-blessed a nature must bring a man either to a throne or a grave before ever he lived to be old . |
| 17 | She wished with all her heart that she could turn around and go back , depart from this unprepossessing , even frightening place before ever she discovered what awaited her within its mouldering walls . |
| 18 | As you would hunt him to the end , God helping me I 'll hunt you , and see you into your grave before ever you lay hand on his . ’ |
| 19 | And I doubt the night in question was well past before ever Adam called attention to the sacrilege , and what signs there were to be read were long gone . ’ |