Example sentences of "before i [vb past] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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1 | In the first I shall review activity within the Engineering Branch before I took up my post within the MOD . |
2 | Long before I took up climbing on any regular basis I accompanied a friend for a summer evening 's sport at Lawrencefield in Derbyshire . |
3 | The act of love did happen — and only once , and only just — immediately before I took up my new post at Schloss Hartheim , near Linz , in the province of Austria . |
4 | The latest and most thorough had been completed just before I took over the chairman-ship . |
5 | Yes , I could tell from Aunt Nessy 's breathing that she would not recover consciousness ; nevertheless , before I crept out I did kiss her , just in case some little part of her , still aware , should feel it . |
6 | I was before I came up in the world , true , but lower-middle-class , not working-class . |
7 | Long before I came up to the gate out of Bourani , I saw something whitish lying in the gap . |
8 | I got into Edinburgh and before I came up I took a year off and worked and travelled . |
9 | I disremember if it was October or November — it was October , 'cos it was before I came up here to join the matriculation class . ’ |
10 | My head was throbbing and the shoulder was beginning to ache from the kicking , which had probably been going on for some time before I came round . |
11 | ‘ She died before I came over , Mrs Sutherland . |
12 | Just before I came over . |
13 | It was January before I came back . |
14 | It was just brought to my attention just before I came down . |
15 | When I was speaking t very very briefly erm to Ian before before I came down he said , well I 'm really not surprised , the the the continuing problem and difficulty in establishing what 's on the palette , as to whether it 's lawn feed and weed , lawn feed and , for example . |
16 | for It was no good my making a list before I came down because I just had n't seen anything like this in the Marks in Norwich . |
17 | ‘ Well , the housemaid said something to me before I came in to prayers , and that just tickled me and I could n't help it . ’ |
18 | Before I came in . ’ |
19 | I was actually looking at you before I came in , but just come out here for a second There are two ways I can hurt you . |
20 | Erm just before I came in from school and we were home by about half three . |
21 | Why just today , you see , before I came out , she insisted a friend would be coming to see her , a friend who died — so sad — a few weeks ago . |
22 | Believe it or not , and I did n't before I came out at work , it is possible to change the people around you , just by honestly being who you are . |
23 | ‘ I remember the very exciting feeling I got when I first saw one of these magazines before I came out . |
24 | I weighed eleven stone when I was in the Line : before I came out with that I weighed five stone ten . |
25 | Erm I had a phone call just before I came out , area area party , so this 'll come It 's about actually in the ward which we narrowly missed getting last time just by erm not even a very strong The by election is on September twenty third and we want leafleters this weekend , so if anybody is able to go on leafleting , which is right between It 's er I 've got the phone number for Forgot the surname but she works with Bob , so if you ring up and say this Is that Linda who works with Bob . |
26 | ‘ You and Salvo were talking just before I came out to breakfast . |
27 | I had one just before I came out , |
28 | I thought I 'd gone before I came out of my house but I had a feeling when I nearly got to their school that I ought to have again . |
29 | But er before I came out I switched it on cos I 'm not coming back to a cold house . |
30 | Before we erm before I came out today I was actually talking to some of the staff at Pembroke College and mindful of coming on her I thought I 'd just ask them what they thought |