Example sentences of "before and [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both told the People that Bremner had offered them bribes before and during a crucial league decider between Leeds United and Wolves at the end of the season in 1972 . |
| 2 | While Kenny is the quiet man before and during a match , Graeme is more volatile and likely to blow his top if his demands are n't met . |
| 3 | Such inquiries would determine whether a false market in Miss World shares was created before and during a takeover . |
| 4 | Some of the technology the group is using such as speculative loads has never been used before and as a result the designers believe the specification will stand unmodified for the next twenty years with only a few extensions . |
| 5 | They were unlike anything ever seen before and for a while even the term ‘ Dalek Operator ’ , credited at the end of each episode , substantiated the myth that they were actually radio-controlled robots . |
| 6 | In this city where everything is possible , and he cuts such a figure in his light suit and striped silk tie , and is 32 and full of self-confidence , and can walk up to a girl he has never seen before and with a disarming smile ask her when lighting-up time is — how can he be wearing a maroon crew-necked sweater , and cavalry twill trousers with turnups , and be 22 , and find himself running after a girl and being told that she may or may not see him tomorrow ? |
| 7 | Mailed and heavily armed knights were an upper military class , with associated servants who undertook the many tasks needed to maintain both knight , horse and arms , before and after a conflict . |
| 8 | Agricultural statistics take no account of such changes because an old hay meadow may be recorded as permanent grassland both before and after a sudden change in management practice ( e.g. a one-off large inorganic fertiliser dose ) or even after one cultivation provided its agricultural use does not change . |
| 9 | I can be a normal , family man before and after a race , I can spend time talking to fans or whatever . |
| 10 | In addition to its use for accompaniment and for playing before and after a service , it is commonly used as a solo instrument during the course of worship . |
| 11 | In the Yale study subjects were interviewed before and after a search , unlike previous surveys where subjects may have been asked to recall or generalize on their use of the catalogue after the event . |
| 12 | Auntie Lou said , louder than before and in a voice that shook with boldness , ‘ That 's the first time I 've heard you say it , Samuel . |