Example sentences of "before he [modal v] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | This pecking can last for up to two minutes , and often ends in the male being interrupted before he can get to copulation . |
| 2 | And then you can intercept him before he can get to Bernard . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Now that you 've got him all excited , it 'll be hours before he can get off to sleep . ’ |
| 4 | But he did say that er it 'll take three weeks before he can get back to me about sending me to the Law |
| 5 | And with a short night 's sleep behind him and a miserable hour ahead of him before he could get away to the hospital , the day would be spoiled before it started . |
| 6 | He was dead before he could get back to his car for the antidote . ’ |
| 7 | Stephen opened his mouth to express his thanks but before he could get a word out , Jonadab spoke again . |
| 8 | He realised that the van would be clear of the car park before he could get onto the return ramp , and even with its shredded front tyre , it could get outside the hotel area , and the driver escape into the streets of London . |
| 9 | He slapped at it with his other hand , but it was beneath his thumbnail before he could get to it . |
| 10 | But before he could get there Mister Johnny gave a high , piercing cry , quite unlike any sound Carrie had ever heard him make before , and flung himself on Frederick , arms flailing . |
| 11 | Before he could get to the specimen , its entrails had decomposed so badly that they had to be thrown away , so it was a gutted specimen that he eventually saw . |
| 12 | From Friday evening to Tuesday , he was at Shamley Green , and although he tried to avoid visiting people or seeing his neighbours his weekends were often occupied , which meant that a fortnight might elapse before he could get on with his own work . |
| 13 | He even tried to reload fast enough to have another crack at it , but it thumped into the wet heather near the river before he could get the shell into the gun . |
| 14 | But just before he could get the words out , she begged him to do her a tremendous favour . |
| 15 | If it was flat on it was the same because he 's got to go right through to the sline before he could get anything you see ? |
| 16 | The people at the farm he was hired to were very sympathetic but he still had all his work to do before he could get away . |
| 17 | She broke away before he could get a stranglehold and made her way to the podium , hitching up her dress and putting on her very best smile for the tridvid sages . |
| 18 | Anyway , Reverend William Lee , his son and his brother , went over to France to see if Henry , King Henry of France could help him er but before he could get through to the court there King Henry died and then William Lee died without seeing his machine come to any sort of commercial fruition . |
| 19 | Dada swore at him as he pulled the bit through his teeth before he could get his head up . |
| 20 | He said it would n't be fair on me because he had to finish his exams first before he could get seriously involved with me ! ’ |
| 21 | Bad as were the irregularities of the Freeholders ' elections , the irregularities in the burghs were , if anything , worse , one of the reasons being that while the county representative needed only one election meeting to be appointed , the burgh representative had to be successful in two elections before he could get to Westminster . |
| 22 | But before he could get any further , Mr Malik thrust his head out of the window . |
| 23 | He had , moreover , the trials of business to look forward to before he could get back to work . |
| 24 | He opened his mouth but before he could get any words out , Matthew said , " I do n't want to sell my share either . |
| 25 | Though she did stop him before he could get further than to spin her round and begin in a supposed-to-be-seductive tone , ‘ If you want the thrill of a lifetime , Leith — ’ |
| 26 | Ashley enquired , before he could get any further . |
| 27 | If he did n't get away now , he 'd only be waylaid by the others , there 'd be more whiskies , and it would be all hours before he 'd get to his lodgings and the letter from Elizabeth . |