Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] before [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A graduate in politics , philosophy and economics from Oxford and the Sorbonne , he never allows his natural optimism to put his acute political and economic antenna out of action — he predicted the recession long before others did . |
| 2 | Neurologists expressed interest in the psychological consequences of brain damage long before psychologists got involved in this field . |
| 3 | If the Germans had not come to short-change the paying public , the play of Duncan Ferguson , in particular , also shaped up to be worth the admission money alone before Scotland fell behind . |
| 4 | The commercialization of peasant agriculture had been fostering such differentiation long before Stolypin threw his weight behind it , yet it had done nothing to temper the ferocity of the peasants ' attack upon the nobility in 1905 . |
| 5 | Crudely , the sense of blurred boundaries , of disrupted hierarchies , of disrespectful , intertextual playfulness , of the delight in superficiality and the wearing of cultural masks — all these were fundamental to the strategies of camp long before postmodernism lurched into view . |
| 6 | Famous for last year 's ‘ £10 ( And £20 ) To Get In ’ , which introduced Suzanne Vega to the House scene long before DNA arrived , UK House team SHUT UP AND DANCE now offer us ‘ Rum And Black ’ , a powerful hiphouse jam , punctuated with a Joan Armatrading sample . |
| 7 | Famous for last year 's ‘ £10 ( And £20 ) To Get In ’ , which introduced Suzanne Vega to the House scene long before DNA arrived , UK House team SHUT UP AND DANCE now offer us ‘ Rum And Black ’ , a powerful hiphouse jam , punctuated with a Joan Armatrading sample . |
| 8 | Katz et al found that patients given epidural fentanyl shortly before thoracotomy reported less pain and used less supplementary analgesic afterwards , while others found no equivalent effect of epidural bupivacaine and morphine before major abdominal surgery . |
| 9 | But equally important was the moment just before Fischer had knocked then thrown the doors wide ; a moment when Wang 's voice had boomed out clearly . |
| 10 | Sunlight reflected from a window among the palm trees to lance a sliver of dazzling light at our cockpit , then the reflection was gone and we were at sea level , engines screaming , and I fumbled for the camera , prayed it had not broken when it fell from the ceiling , and took another picture just before Maggot lifted the aircraft 's nose so that we swooped up and over the palm trees that edged the beach . |
| 11 | ‘ The gentleman who 'd been in with her would naturally have gone back to his room well before people started stirring . ’ |
| 12 | Turning the clock back to the point immediately before computers got involved in the publishing business there were only two real technologies at work ; hot metal and cold metal . |
| 13 | If you have applied to the Social Services to help with funding you must be sure that you have their written approval too before work starts . |
| 14 | They talked for a while longer before Coffin put down the receiver and returned to look out of the window . |
| 15 | It was a full day later before Schmidt had been able to form a coherent sentence , though his words still came in a low , wracked whisper . |
| 16 | Eutrophication of coastal waters is usually nitrate limited ( see Chapter 1 ) and many species are adversely affected by nitrate long before eutrophication runs its full course ( and thus the ‘ limiting factor ’ argument becomes significant ) . |
| 17 | In the moments immediately following the arm injury to Craig Chalmers in Saturday 's international match at Twickenham ( see picture below ) , Dewi Morris summoned assistance from the touchline even before play had come to a standstill , while another England player also paid more attention to Chalmers than to the ball . |
| 18 | At home we switch on the video and fall asleep in the chair almost before Mavis has opened up shop . |
| 19 | The government 's discomfiture during the Crimean War had aroused great expectations of major change even before Alexander became committed to Emancipation . |
| 20 | However , I still remained determined to have Trumper 's running smoothly and declaring a profit long before Charlie set foot in the premises . |
| 21 | Cluett moved about his line long before McAllister made contact with the ball , though the referee seemed to be the only person not to notice the offence . |
| 22 | Eve-teasers figured in India 's press long before America 's had heard of harassment . |
| 23 | The next messenger was Scandlain himself once again , and he was seeking to avoid the encampment even before Ferteth arrived to conduct him . |
| 24 | He will also meet German Chancellor Helmut Kohl for a working breakfast immediately before discussions start on Friday morning . |
| 25 | It reigned almost without limit in primitive times when property was still very scanty , and it already shows itself in the nursery almost before property has given up its primal , anal form … . |
| 26 | The Prime Minister was nodding agreement long before Mark had finished . |
| 27 | According to Lou Cannon , ‘ Most importantly the near destruction of the parties had created a star system of personality politics long before television had arrived . |
| 28 | ‘ Have n't you washed your face yet , Sam ? ’ asked his mother just before Aunty arrived for tea . |
| 29 | You can get away with a lot of things at Oxford , but disappearing off the face of the earth just before term starts is not one of them . |
| 30 | Give them a nasty shock ; a surprise which is going to put you one step ahead before things have even started . |