Example sentences of "[prep] [det] [noun pl] before the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Time to move on , maybe , to search for some answers before the whole thing comes down around my ears . |
| 2 | It was a diamond shape , flown as the Flexi-kite for some years before the patent application was made , and it heralded the concept of a lifting surface with two cones which could be controlled as a parachute or kite . |
| 3 | ‘ I had n't seen any of these vids before the crisis came up . ’ |
| 4 | The project must therefore be divided into chunks , and data analysis , database and information systems implemented in each of these divisions in turn , ensuring the success of each of these parts before the next subsystem is developed . |
| 5 | But archaeology has shown us much , and will show much more , of the history of these places before the documents are plentiful — and has cast a long shadow in the process over early medieval Italian towns , where comparable studies are less advanced than in Britain . |
| 6 | Whether they do any of those things before the baby next door is unimportant . |
| 7 | The next county was Denbigh , in those days before the ‘ bigger-is-better ’ shuffle took place , and we arrived there just in time to have the door of the first pub shut in our faces with the sort of clank against which pleas and arguments would be obviously unrewarding . |
| 8 | For example , the management information function referred to frequently in the chart did not exist in most Colleges before the study was carried out , but appeared to be essential for effective operation in the future . |
| 9 | Clearly , the extent to which the offeror and its financial advisers can satisfy themselves on such matters before the announcement depends on the co-operation which can be expected from the target 's board . |
| 10 | Kirov waited patiently for several minutes before the door created open and Zhukov 's bearded face peered round the jamb . |
| 11 | This post was used for several weeks before the men were recalled , despite their plans for a raid ‘ fixing charges to the noses of planes ’ . |
| 12 | But she later told her parents the boys had raped her and they were quizzed by police for several days before the girl confessed to lying . |
| 13 | Both of the patients who were diagnosed late in life had the abnormal antibodies in their blood for several years before the condition became obvious . |
| 14 | In this case the Fox is trapped at both ends before the terrier goes in . |
| 15 | ( 1 ) ( a ) If on the pre-trial review the district judge has ordered that the hearing be adjourned generally and certificates of readiness ( with an estimate of length of hearing ) be lodged by all parties before the matter is set down , then it will not be regarded as practicable by the court to fix a date of hearing until the certificates or readiness are in fact provided . |