Example sentences of "have [verb] before that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will have been gathered from what has gone before that the non-gonococcal infections are considerably less easy both to diagnose and to treat than gonorrhoea itself . |
| 2 | She 'd thought before that he seemed used to power , and looking at him now only served to strengthen that feeling . |
| 3 | I only wish I 'd known before that he was so ill . |
| 4 | The funeral directors ' lobby is very strong ; I suppose it was naïve of me not to have realized before that they would clamp down hard on any wholesaler who dared to step out of line and supply the public direct . |
| 5 | One seems to have heard it all and I 'm sure you 've heard before that I 've , I 've to say . |
| 6 | She had noticed before that the man whom she 'd dubbed Cousin Naylor had a penchant for answering only such queries as he considered he would . |
| 7 | Was it not sheer arrogant complacency for the right hon. Gentleman to tell the National Economic Development Council at its recent meeting that if he had known before that there would be a fall of 15 per cent . |
| 8 | This was whether they should present themselves to the voters as a continuation of the Thatcher governments ; or claim that the election of John Major represented such a fundamental break with what had gone before that there was no need for voters to respond to the classical call of opposition on such occasions : ‘ Time for a change . ’ |
| 9 | I have written before that a collector ought not to haggle . |