Example sentences of "before she [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes I did — when English Lit was over I read my last sentence before she collected the papers , and it said , ‘ Julius Caesar is a filthy no-good rubbishy play because it does n't have enough women in it . |
| 2 | Before she cleaned the windows , she polished the furniture . |
| 3 | Furiously she opened her bedroom door and , flicking the light on , went in , then turned to serve him a final volley before she slammed the door shut in his face . |
| 4 | The sound system 's speakers were like upended steamer trunks , one on top of another ; standing so close , the volume gave her a sensation in her ears like that of tearing paper and she experienced a few moments of sensory overload before she recognised the tune as New York , New York . |
| 5 | Even before she landed the lack of enthusiasm for Edward 's regime had become apparent , for the fleet which Edward ordered to muster to oppose her landing refused to do so ‘ because of the great wrath they [ i.e. the sailors ] had towards Hugh Despenser ’ . ’ |
| 6 | Carrington was lying on his bunk , fully clothed , and he told himself afterwards that he had known she was outside his cabin before she touched the handle . |
| 7 | During Catherine 's brief marriage to Henry , Culpepper and another former lover , Richard Dereham , were arrested and tortured into admitting having lain with Catherine before she wed the King . |
| 8 | Before she left the party , she must look for the witch 's hat . |
| 9 | She had written to Felicity before she left the house , and posted the letter on her way ; and already she was feeling less pessimistic concerning the arrival of the third Musketeer . |
| 10 | Every Benedict 's nurse was warned of the consequences to herself if she were fool enough to let herself get emotionally involved with a male patient , before she left the P.T.S. Briefly , it was the quickest way out . |
| 11 | Carrie got up and kissed her father before she left the ward , followed by her husband who was talking to Nellie . |
| 12 | But before she left the room , she turned back . |
| 13 | Kate gave him a suspicious look , but he seemed to have recovered from the rage she 'd been fairly sure he 'd been trying to keep under control before she left the room . |
| 14 | Before she left the Grand Hotel for the opening of the conference , she was chatted up by a ponderous Patrick Cormack , a chastened Colin Moynihan and an eager Charles Harvey . |
| 15 | Peggy heard the laughter coming from next door before she left the woodland , and it further burst on her as she opened the kitchen door . |
| 16 | Suddenly , the track fell away sharply , in front of her feet , and she felt before she saw the expanded horizon . |
| 17 | Somehow she knew which ones he had done , even before she saw the signature . |
| 18 | Juliet saw the sign before she saw the house . |
| 19 | Before she knew the decision was taken she was struggling into her clothes . |
| 20 | It seemed an age before she heard the front door close again , and then another age before her father finally summoned her . |
| 21 | The Land Rover was almost upon her before she heard the throbbing engine , and she spun round partly in a daze and certainly angered . |
| 22 | Being a mere apprentice was boring and carried no cachet , and Lydia was dauntedly aware that she had a long way to go before she achieved the skills and ease of perfection . |
| 23 | She must 've left her statement , walked over to her car and she checked the car before she checked the four kids . |
| 24 | Gina flashed him a bright , insincere smile , wanting nothing more than to escape from his presence before she betrayed the kind of emotions which would embarrass both of them . |
| 25 | She reached out for the time and found that she had over forty hours still to go before she met the contact again . |
| 26 | Before she met the Minister at a party , through her Private Eye journalist friend Paul Halloran , the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art graduate was leading an uncertain lifestyle bouncing from one boyfriend to the next and one downmarket job to another . |
| 27 | Bernice had never been down so many corridors before she met the Doctor . |
| 28 | and you 'd just hit it like that and as you hit , you 'd got to run and come back again , before she got the ball to t er tap you on er you know , with the ball . |
| 29 | She 'd had bad times before she got the flat , but with the flat and the job she felt herself well off She worked from six in the morning to a quarter to nine , getting the offices clean and tidy for the staff who came in at nine o'clock , and for two hours in the evening , from six-thirty to eight-thirty . |
| 30 | After three weeks , during which time it became clear she might be in her dotage before she mastered the Warsaw Concerto , she 'd given it up . |