Example sentences of "before he [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh I did n't tell you , the day before he had a dash . |
| 2 | He had played the first round , but before he had a chance even to hit a ball in the second he was out of the pre-qualifier , suffering from injuries he had received in a car accident with his caddie . |
| 3 | The second from the rebound was blocked on the line by Trevor Steven , and before he had a chance to roll the ball home David Robertson lashed it away . |
| 4 | Nona shook her head before he had a chance to offer her anything . |
| 5 | He might die before he had a chance to speak at all . |
| 6 | Before he had a chance to respond , Clara had moved on to Tracy Johnson . |
| 7 | Ruth was as agile as a dolphin in the water and she was away from him before he had a chance to stop her . |
| 8 | A recruit … finds that there is a lot of unromantic and possibly boring work to be done before he gets a chance to use his military training . |
| 9 | One business source said : ‘ He has a low base salary and he has to stand out in the sun a great deal longer before he gets a bonus at the oasis . |
| 10 | Then another gap , just six months , before he got a barmaid from Ipswich who 'd been visiting her granny and was daft enough to wait alone for the late bus . |
| 11 | Penry 's plate was half empty before he said a word , other than grunts of pure appreciation . |
| 12 | He then sewed the sail using invisible thread for the appliquéd dress and body colours before he added a frame . |
| 13 | We had no knowledge of General Miles ' army until a short time before he made a charge upon us , cutting our camp in two , and capturing nearly all of the horses . |
| 14 | The bluffness of Lewis , which before he became a don was only part of his nature ( 'Heavy Lewis ' ) , was fast hardening into a persona . |
| 15 | The time that interests me is before he was posted to the aircraft carrier Veinticinco de Mayo , before he became a flier . |
| 16 | This general trend can be seen in microcosm in the career of Lord Burghley : at his death he was still assessed at £133. 6s. 8d. , the figure that he had returned before he became a peer . |
| 17 | ‘ I am assured by Mr Mates that he has had no financial involvement with Mr Nadir , nor with any of his companies or with his advisers , either before he became a minister or since , ’ said Mr Major . |
| 18 | Pugh suggested three ways in which Penn may have become aware of the Odiham Society 's initiative before he became a member of the society . |
| 19 | Anyone who knows my hon. Friend 's track record before he became a Member of the House will know how well deserved that promotion is . |
| 20 | ‘ that , on general principles , an injury transmitted from the actor to a person through his own organic substance , or through his mother , before he became a person , stands on the same footing as an injury transmitted to an existing person through other intervening substances outside him … |
| 21 | The duration of a partner 's liability is the subject of s17 of the Partnership Act : ( 1 ) A person who is admitted as a partner into an existing firm does not thereby become liable to the creditors of the firm for anything done before he became a partner . |
| 22 | All this was before he became a jazz legend , writing such hits as ‘ Flat Foot Floogie ’ and appearing in films like Hellzapoppin . |
| 23 | The historian George Trevelyan , shortly before he became a Fellow of Trinity , wrote to his brother Charles : |
| 24 | On the plus side there 's Rod Stewart before he became a joke , The Nice inventing prog rock , Fleetwood Mac singing ‘ Someone 's Gon na Get Their Head Kicked in Tonight ’ ( who said the '60s was all peace and love ? ) and Murray Head 's lovely ‘ She Was Perfection ’ , as well as the obvious Faces , Amen Corner , Humble Pie and McCoys classics . |
| 25 | Liu Chang had been an actor in the Han opera before he became a pimp , more noted for his prowess in bed than his ability with a knife . |
| 26 | But then followed a pushed drive into heather , a hack out and an iron shot into a bunker before he carded a double-bogey six . |
| 27 | Even before he plays a note , he has the audience in the palm of his hand . |
| 28 | Craig Matthews , another South African , had been the first choice before he failed a medical . |
| 29 | Rather like his brand new sponsored Mercedes , in fact ; but one of a strange series of incidents reported in the press , and not always on the cricket pages , was the fact that Beefy 's car was broken into and the radio stolen the night before he scored a century . |
| 30 | The door was shut and he banged on it with his knuckles two or three times before he heard a movement inside and the door opened . |