Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | I grinned then , I recall , and brought the stunter down fast and acute across the weeds and the water , the sand and the surf , scudding it in across the wind to jerk and zoom just before it hit the girl herself where she sat on the dune top holding and spasmodically jerking the string she held in her hand , connected to the sky . |
| 2 | and found again before he goes his way . |
| 3 | So in theory , you do n't have to save your work , and exit properly before you switch off ; the AccuCard will remember where you were and return you there next time you switch on . |
| 4 | If we do we 'll be like the man in the cartoon who fell off the Empire State Building and shouted just before he hit the ground ‘ I 'm doing great so far ’ . |
| 5 | He replaces Mr Karel Urbanek , the former railway worker , appointed last month and discredited almost before he had started . |
| 6 | The apothecary came in his pony and trap just before Pa got home . |
| 7 | But outbreaks of Bovine TB have doubled in Gloucestershire and some surrounding counties over the last 3 years and some vets say we must throw aside sentimentality and act now BEFORE the problem reaches epidemic proportions . |
| 8 | So many people visit the countryside and pick wild flowers because they find them pretty , only to have those flowers wilt and die long before they can be arranged in a vase . |
| 9 | It 's got to stop , and stop now before it 's too late . |
| 10 | It might have been a cat knocking an empty tumbler off the bar — except that they did n't keep a cat , and all the glasses had been washed up and put away before they went to bed . |
| 11 | It was closed and infilled shortly before Leith Docks became impounded . |
| 12 | She thought of the bleak , futuristic décor and the grey river beneath , and nodded abruptly before other thoughts could crowd unbidden into her head and start that agonised melting all over again . |
| 13 | In any case , if Siward knew fresh forces were coming , you 'd expect him either to gather his forces and try to reverse the battle quickly , or to muster them in the forest and get away before the rest of the enemy could arrive . ’ |
| 14 | The overriding concern of the populists , however , was to free the peasantry from poverty and to do so before Russia had irrevocably embarked upon capitalist development in agriculture and industry . |
| 15 | Instruments may , however , be executed before 20 August if they are binding and are signed and delivered unconditionally before that date even though the property may in certain circumstances be delivered after that date . |
| 16 | This is a very popular design , but unfortunately many varieties of fuchsia do not press well , turning brown and fading even before they have been removed from the press . |
| 17 | They hear and understand the ultrasonic sounds that precede a noisy activity and respond appropriately before we have even realized that something unusual is going to happen . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh Mam , for God 's sake ! shut up , and go home before I lose my temper . |
| 19 | She came down with this summer flu everyone 's getting and went home before I got in . |
| 20 | Continue along the track and turn right before you reach a gate . |
| 21 | Cameron made him uneasy with his dark , closed look , the way he stopped and thought silently before he answered you . |
| 22 | I saw again the one that escaped the Grounds and died just before it made it to the stream . |
| 23 | These simulations allow weaknesses in an inspection system to be identified and rectified long before it enters practice . |
| 24 | Seven swans swimming arrived and disappeared again before Paddington had a chance to see them . |
| 25 | Their resistance developed too rapidly and disappeared long before ordinary immune reactions could appear . |
| 26 | ‘ What — and think carefully before you answer — is your surname ? ’ |
| 27 | Emma 's long-lashed eyelids blinked rapidly , her mouth opened and shut twice before she said , ‘ Mother never did . ’ |
| 28 | I must say when I read that in 's letter , I did n't read that specific erm comment , I read something , something much much wider really , that , that really I felt that what she was saying was you know that when , when there is a group , then readers er musicians , everybody else reflect together and come together before they actually , you know , they do n't all operate the same but they come together and they reflect together on what the , the theme is , or you know , what was the main point of the readings . |
| 29 | It soon took the lead staying close for an hour , and left shortly before we saw Lake Angelus . |
| 30 | He zipped up his tool bag and hobbled away before Endill had the chance to reply . |