Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [adv] before the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I stick to my pre-season prediction that Arsenal will have it tucked away well before the last ball is kicked . |
| 2 | I tried Gallanach , in case the train had got back there before the bag had been discovered under the seat by some honest person . |
| 3 | The point on which Gandhi pressed hardest , and on which the talks nearly foundered , was that of an inquiry into the conduct of the police , which he had requested publicly just before the talks began . |
| 4 | He carries the burden of having been sworn in just before the US operations began , and he remains in hiding under the protection of the United States . |
| 5 | And they were laid off I mean squads were laid off even before the boat was anywhere near finished . |
| 6 | Those responsible for the access funds at Dundee university wrote to me to say that their funds had run out even before the summer recess had begun . |
| 7 | There was no fire and I had switched off long before the port wing touched the ground , I saw him hare across the airfield diagonally opposed to the direction of the hangar , and indeed the aircraft , and at the same time he was haring away towards Findhorn . |
| 8 | The Fanatics ' attacks are worked out completely before the game proceeds any further . |
| 9 | So when the cry is heard again just before the curtain falls it comes as a final appeal for help . |