Example sentences of "before she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stopped before she revealed her future plans . |
| 2 | It is a promotional leaflet from some early tour-Gittel-plus-eight as the singer with Cy ‘ Silvertones ’ and the band , before she paused for motherhood and he decided that wedding and bar mitzvah bookings put more bread on the family table than life on the road . |
| 3 | She also wants to exercise to improve muscle tone during this period ; she can then see what shape she is in at the end of the year before she decides whether or not she really does need to lose those extra 4 lb ( 1.8 kg ) . |
| 4 | To prevent expensive mistakes the Harvey Nichols customer can receive at no charge two to three days ’ supply of her exact skincare product to use , before she decides to buy . |
| 5 | Her legacy from the hot three-month affair is fame — the very prize she was striving for before she played bedroom games with the Minister for Fun . |
| 6 | There followed a torrent of Greek , of which Lindsey understood only the word ‘ Niall ’ , before she tucked one slender hand through his arm . |
| 7 | At MGM , he saw all the famous movie stars that populated that most famous of studios , and to his friends he name-dropped a few like Grace Kelly , with whom he fell in love from afar before she ran off to marry her prince . |
| 8 | He almost told her that he had once lived a year with a girl he had married navvy-style , over the anvil , and had got her with child before she ran away from him . |
| 9 | Sure enough , Jo leaned over to the driver 's window and said something to someone before she ran up the steps to the house . |
| 10 | Before she ran into the wash basin . |
| 11 | Her hands were shaking as she leaned forward to lift the cup to her mouth , but he must n't see that , and she replaced it quickly before she spilled a drop . |
| 12 | She could n't make out Eileen 's answer but she muttered , ‘ Eejit , is right , ’ before she knocked on the door . |
| 13 | After this concerted effort by all adults , it was really only a few weeks before she learnt not to smack other children . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | She 'd pushed her bicycle most of the way before she collected enough sense to get on and ride it . |
| 16 | Washing a potato is only a small development from brushing earth off it , which is something all macaques do anyway ; but the separation of sand from wheat required Imo to throw away the food after she had picked it up , and then wait for the sand to sink , before she collected her food up again . |
| 17 | Daalny stood tense and at a loss for one moment , before she flung herself bodily into the open doorway , as though she feared the door might be slammed again before she could prevent , though Cadfael made no move . |
| 18 | I slipped away before she spotted me and renewed my search for Frankie , but I could find neither hide nor hair of him , or of Liza either . |
| 19 | Soon she would see them , but first thing in the morning , before she booked her flight , packed up her belongings , she must see Leo , try and make him understand . |
| 20 | ‘ That is , if you want her examined before she falls apart . ’ |
| 21 | This came out with more bravado than Sally-Anne really felt , and had she seen him more clearly before she intervened she might not have said anything at all . |
| 22 | Of course she could n't make poor Mrs Fanshawe 's bed while they were poking about and it was nearly twelve before she managed to get the poor deluded creature into a chair and the sheets whipped off . |
| 23 | Dashing into the kitchen now , she found Jessie standing at the table and squeezing a lemon into a glass and she had almost pulled her from the table towards the door before she managed to say to her , ‘ He 's … he 's downstairs in the yard . |
| 24 | Donna , her head spinning , tried to follow but he was halfway to the bottom before she managed to get off another shot . |
| 25 | She fiddled around for a while , and cursed and muttered before she managed to get one detached . |
| 26 | During the countless terrifying minutes before she managed to wriggle free and scramble off the bench , Isabel neither knew nor cared whether it was she or his fever that had caused fitzAlan 's loss of consciousness . |
| 27 | She was more than halfway through the set before she managed to screw up enough courage to glance down at Adam 's table , and her heart turned to cold stone as she spotted him in his usual seat , his dark eyes staring at her with their disturbing lack of expression . |
| 28 | She sucked in a steadying gulp of air , letting it go with little huffing sounds before she walked on and turned into the lane . |
| 29 | Amid the clatter of cutlery and crockery , my contact revealed how Diana had seriously considered calling off the wedding two days before she walked down the aisle at St Paul 's Cathedral . |
| 30 | Still shaking somewhat with fright , Millie swallowed twice before she brought out in a small voice , ‘ It 's very nice , thank you . ’ |