Example sentences of "before [pers pn] have a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Be a pal , Kate , and slip me the copy of Gay News you hide under your desk because I do n't allow it in the library , talk about work , Kate , discuss how we spend £5000 on economics books for the university libraries , tell me about how you 're stopping the students thieving my favourite art books , but please for God 's sake , Kate , do n't be difficult , do n't talk about imperialism and marxism and feminism , I 've heard it all before and said it all myself , twenty years ago before I had a wife and children to support . |
| 2 | Before I had a chance to leave my own people and find out exactly how Anwar had gone insanely mad , Eva came over to me . |
| 3 | Liza took care of that before I had a chance , but I did n't mind this ; she was better at it than me . |
| 4 | ‘ Kicked out of Oundle before I had a chance to get to grips with the first line of the Aeneid , if you want to know the truth . |
| 5 | ‘ — read my mind , then how could you answer my questions before I had a chance to ask them ? ’ she gabbled , and took a deep breath . |
| 6 | It took three minutes to erect the inner tent on its first outing but because it was raining constantly , the inner was a little wet before I had a chance to put the flysheet over . |
| 7 | ‘ You went off before I had a chance to thank you the other day … ’ |
| 8 | Eventually my father lost inspiration with the Clough/Armfield/Stein/Adamson era , but not before I had a chance to see Leeds beat Anderlect ( 3–0 in the fog ) followed by Barcelona ( Cruyft , Neeskens , etc. 2–1 for the aging ex-Revie team to make their way to Paris in 1975 . |
| 9 | The wearer disappeared swiftly into the lift of the Old Intourist Hotel before I had a chance to speak . |
| 10 | Fifteen years were to pass before I had a book published by Faber 's , but by then I had been launched by other publishing houses . |
| 11 | I 'm taking flushes and whatever but I feel brand new compared to what I felt before I had a hysterectomy cos I was totally lifeless ! |
| 12 | ‘ It was a relief , ’ Ali says before I have a chance to ask . |
| 13 | No cold water cos I want to some Ribena before I have a chocolate . |
| 14 | He flourished his bell and started back up the street before she had a chance to reply . |
| 15 | This generous man with guinea-gold hair had come into her life so unexpectedly , but she just knew that like a guinea he would slip through her fingers before she had a chance to know him better . |
| 16 | He opened a bottle of champagne and before she had a chance to realise what was happening they had been making love . |
| 17 | He rang off then , before she had a chance to reply . |
| 18 | ‘ Man is by nature a hunter , ’ he went on before she had a chance to speak . |
| 19 | Before she had a chance to enquire or even reply to his question , he was speaking again . |
| 20 | She too paid a tribute to her courage saying : ‘ I feel angry and helpless that her life was taken away before she had a chance . |
| 21 | Then , before she had a chance to rebut that accusation , he added , ‘ And besides , I really was n't planning to spend my weekends here alone . ’ |
| 22 | She thought the remark was odd but before she had a chance to query it the attendant 's phone rang and as he disappeared Rachel went on to the changing-rooms . |
| 23 | Jean interrupts her before she has a chance to fumble into what those things are . |
| 24 | Yes , it 's to kind of forestall Martha , before she has a chance to get in there . |
| 25 | He just swung the barrel of that Spencer up clean and quick and before you had a chance to believe it was happening the barrel shattered the glass right against Lamarr Dean 's mouth . |
| 26 | And they says , Well a person who lived in your flat before you had a telly , you know and they gave me some excuse , you know that the the the person who lived in here before me had ripped them off and they says , How do we know that you 're not that person , you know things like that . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'll get the supervisor , ’ she spits , and is gone before you have a chance to say , ‘ do n't bother . ’ |
| 28 | 'I 'll get you , before you have a chance of getting me' . |
| 29 | Inability to work , permanent disability , it accelerates permanent disability because ninety five percent of the conditions that cause the disability will pay out years before you have a disability . |
| 30 | His cousin knew of our predicament and had informed Malc 's parents before we had a chance to break the news ourselves . |