Example sentences of "[pron] before [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir John asked as we warmed ourselves before the great fire whilst Lady Beatrice and Rachel served spiced wine . |
| 2 | Cinema manager grooms himself before the main feature |
| 3 | ‘ We ca n't get you before a French court anyway , as long as you 're all awaiting court-martial . ’ |
| 4 | Indeed , all of Mrs Crump 's not inconsiderable bulk seemed determined to contract itself before the Honourable and her movements , her voice , her gestures declined in decent proportion to her increased sense of intimacy . |
| 5 | Visigothic architecture had established itself before the Moslem invasion and was flourishing from c. 450–720 . |
| 6 | Views on the function of the pilot stage vary among research workers , but I view the pilot stage as being the last one before the actual survey itself and therefore the stage where , as far as possible , the interview schedule is as near to its final form in both questions and answer categories as it can be . |
| 7 | Kurdish people are hanging on in the northern part of Iraq , desperately in need of support and aid that must come to them before a harsh winter sets in . |
| 8 | Egypt has made it a capital offence to receive military training abroad ; it has arrested dozens of returning veterans and tried 26 of them before a military court . |
| 9 | Cilla and Artie were already seasoned folk musicians with a Melody Maker album of the year behind them before the amazing success of this children 's show — ‘ a pantomime without the boring bits ’ , as they describe it . |
| 10 | This has to be done before the end of the time allowed for laying them before the general meeting and if any of the documents is not in the English language a certified translation must be annexed . |
| 11 | Red blood is nothing before a blue stocking ! ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm just grateful I met her before the final operation . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Patsy was told by both fortune tellers that something would happen to her before the New Year — that an attempt would be made on her life , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Before the Appellate Committee Mr. Newman however relied on certain additional points which had apparently been raised by him before the Divisional Court , but which the court did not in the circumstances find it necessary to consider in its judgment . |
| 15 | The press scour whole countries for a sighting of the relaxing politician , and friends who might know where he is are propositioned with both money and arguments such as ‘ I am sure you will agree that it would be better for us to find him before the Daily Mirror ’ . |
| 16 | Lord Harris admits Robertson has ‘ some weaknesses that , if not curbed , could totally cancel out his strengths ’ , but he defended him before the academic advisory council , on the grounds that he had not been sufficiently protected by guidelines , and that it would be difficult to find a replacement with his many gifts . |
| 17 | Alfred McTear , 48 , has contracted pneumonia and was unable to start giving evidence yesterday to the commission appointed to hear him before the full legal hearing , which may be two years away . |
| 18 | But it 's up to us now to sweeten it before the actual vote otherwise they 're just gon na throw their ballot papers away , they 're not even gon na bother voting . |
| 19 | I 've got to go through my advisers and put it before the other board members in the proper manner . ’ |
| 20 | They had been working all the evening , sewing Rosie 's wedding-dress , and it would be terribly unlucky if the bridegroom set eyes on it before the great day . |
| 21 | We are merely suggesting that if the right hon. Member for Chingford has information he must place it before the appropriate authorities . |
| 22 | The lecturers ' meetings became a form of theatre as they encouraged opposition the better to silence it before the expectant crowd . |
| 23 | When he had begun to eat , I'tibar Khan entered with the box and laid it before the unhappy father , saying : ‘ King Aurangzeb , your son sends this plat to your majesty to let you see that he does not forget you . ’ |
| 24 | And therefore it is only because I believe this particular phrase is quite literally to do with the very crux , the very cross , of our Christian understanding that I bring it before the general assembly . |
| 25 | I thought of the luxury we were enjoying ; our comfortable beds , baths , and motor cars , and then I recalled the ancient custom of giving a man selected for the sacrifice a royal time of it before the appointed day . |
| 26 | His central point , as he put it before the National Press Club on May 4th , was that ‘ you certainly ca n't help Hong Kong by hurting our economy . ’ |
| 27 | Bowen delivered the ideal ball into the penalty area and Sutton reached it before the advancing Norman only to flick it a yard or so over the top . |
| 28 | He wants to expose it before the whole world , but he needs your help . ’ |
| 29 | It became known as the Pleven Plan , named after the French premier , René Pleven , who took an outline drafted by his earlier mentor , Jean Monnet , and laid it before the French Parliament on 24 October 1950 . |
| 30 | ‘ Thank God that I am not answerable to any higher authority ; but were I in the position of having to justify myself before the great British public , even I would find it difficult to defend your priorities . ’ |