Example sentences of "before they [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Determined to shoot one with a really fine head , I decided to spend a night near the mountain-top so that I could hunt for them in the early morning before they lay up for the day . |
| 2 | But it was before they went in for all the cryptonyms and digraphs and five-letter codes because that 's what computers like … ’ |
| 3 | He is in London with Jacob , his wife Judy and daughter Julia , 10 , and before they set off for the Odeon , Leicester Square , last night , he said : ‘ None of us would be here today without Jake 's idea . ’ |
| 4 | They wanted to get in the diocesan surveyor to have a look at it before they shelled out for repairs . |
| 5 | Laura smiled that silly sort of champagne smile that all men ( all right , some men ) look for before they move in for the kill . |