Example sentences of "before i [vb base] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of the hour , before I lift off the lid of the box , the orthodox principles of quantum theory bid me consider the cat to be in a state which is an even-handed superposition of the states " alive " and " dead " . |
| 2 | But before I take up that theme let me try to get closer to the ground . |
| 3 | If you had any idea how much I 've got to do before I take over the shop — ’ |
| 4 | Right before I fill in some of the details on this again an important point to grasp coming up . |
| 5 | ‘ I want to discuss things with the owner , and it will probably be a week or so before I make up my mind . |
| 6 | erm I voted for it to go out to consultation , but I have n't yet voted that it will be a site , and I will take the representations of everybody into consideration before I make up my mind . |
| 7 | BEFORE I sign off until September , here 's a timely story about Mr Major 's caring Britain . |
| 8 | She said : ‘ It is a trip of a lifetime and something I want to do before I settle down with a career . |
| 9 | Character oozes from it , and I am content to spend some time studying its many features before I set up a rod . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , just before I set up my workshop I sent off the application form to the appropriate office , ’ Ashley explained , ‘ but there was no acknowledgement . |
| 11 | Tremayne lent me his Volvo to go to the boatyard in the morning , reminding me before I set off that it was the day of the awards dinner at which he was to be honoured . |
| 12 | Before I set off for the station for the train to Puno , I loaded up with imodium to seal my loose , nervous bowels ; folded my chain and felt its weight in my hand . |
| 13 | I shall try to answer the question : ‘ What is God ? ’ before I set about trying to answer the question of whether or not this God exists . |
| 14 | I could have tried the pipe again before I set about her . |
| 15 | Before I set out , I took Aunt Louise her usual breakfast cup full of hot tea . |
| 16 | ‘ It wo n't be long before I set out on my expedition and I do n't think he 'll be fit to run away from me . ’ |
| 17 | Six years later she remembers , vividly , a match against Fiona Anderson in the Scottish Championship at North Berwick which was won by Gillian Stewart : " I had been listening to " The Mikado " before I set out and I was humming it in my head all the way round . |
| 18 | ‘ It seemed like the only thing to do before I set out . |
| 19 | ‘ But before I go on to thank our host , Lord Darlington , I have some small thing I would wish to remove from my chest . |
| 20 | Before I go on to talk about the diet and overweight issue let us first consider the other factors that can cause heart disease . |
| 21 | Before I go on , some of you may not have the foggiest what a fanzine is . |
| 22 | Before I go on to deal with the other submissions which have been made , particularly those by Mr. Clough , who appears for the local authority , to support his submission that the order was wrong on the merits , there is one further aspect of the justices ' order and that is the second ground of appeal where it is said that the justices ought to have given the parties the opportunity of addressing them on the question as to whether prohibited steps orders rather than an interim care order , or rather than no order at all , should or could be made . |
| 23 | And before I go on I must set one thing straight . |
| 24 | erm , ca before I go on to that can I just erm tell you what erm , where we worked ? |
| 25 | Well , erm , I was just trying to do it , do it , do the example four , whilst I was here , so that if I have a problem , I , I can ask about it before I go on to example five . |
| 26 | ’ I have n't been on the stage for a long time , so I 'm bound to be as nervous as a kitten before I go on . |
| 27 | I had six months to fill in before I go up to Cambridge . |
| 28 | Yeah well , I do n't , I do n't get a dinner before I go up to bed . |
| 29 | I am certain , I may have one before I go over , be real naughty . |
| 30 | So er to look at it er another way , w I , I 'll stop before I go back to the erm slides , because I want to show you a few on you know erm er the way that money 's worked over the last forty years , but if you look at index-linked certificates , cos somebody mentioned that , are they worth having ? |