Example sentences of "before [pers pn] got to [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The rest er er standard two to standard six , were all male , but lo and behold before I got to standard five , that had all become women and the men had all gone to the into the services .
2 ‘ Appel ’ was rescheduled for 11.00 pm and then 1.00 am ; it was almost 2.00 am before I got to bed .
3 Same at bedtime before you got to bed .
4 I came in an ambulance with a patient — I had to do an emergency tracheotomy before we got to hospital . ’
5 Indefatigably the Lionisers prowled their way along Albion Street and surged up the narrow Fort Road , but this time they stopped before they got to Fort House .
6 ‘ Tell him there 's a slight possibility that the horses ’ drinking water was tampered with on the train , before it got to Thunder Bay .
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