Example sentences of "[num] before [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Bush was in deep trouble as Mr Clinton won the normally Republican states of Vermont , New Hampshire and Georgia , and then carried West Virginia , which went for Ronald Reagan in 1984 before switching to the Democrats four years ago . |
| 2 | The exhibitions were facilitated and curated by the Mappin Art Gallery , Sheffield and will be on show at the gallery until December 1992 before touring to the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum , Coventry in 1993 . |
| 3 | This is an optional group as you can leave the seniors at sixteen before moving into the adult ranks . |
| 4 | If the Queen lives to 92 — and she has said she wo n't abdicate — Charles would be 70 before coming to the throne . |
| 5 | With Andrew Woolley ( 40 ) and Phil Davis ( 39 ) at the wicket the champions had reached a promising 140–4 before slumping to the young spinner . |
| 6 | Scald and skin the tomatoes by placing them in a bowl , pouring boiling water over them , counting to fifteen before pouring off the hot water and replacing it with cold . |
| 7 | The journeymen wool sorters of Exeter did this in 1787 before striking at the time when their employers had large wool stocks on hand . |
| 8 | I realized that this was the same place Brian and I had been held in for a week in May 1988 before going to the Pit . |