Example sentences of "before [pers pn] take [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latest and most thorough had been completed just before I took over the chairman-ship . |
| 2 | If you had any idea how much I 've got to do before I take over the shop — ’ |
| 3 | Neither will they cover , what they call a ‘ pre-condition ’ , that is , some illness or disability that existed before you took out the policy . |
| 4 | Because people who 've been in the press for quite a long time were using this before we took over the telephone system . |
| 5 | Ooh now that started before we took out the mortgage , about a couple of years before I think . |
| 6 | And first of all , I must say good luck to the eleven local sides taking part in tomorrow 's curtain raiser at Twickers before we take on the argy-bargies and thrash them . |
| 7 | Shortly before he took up the study of genetics , the American biologist Thomas Hunt Morgan wrote a book , Evolution and Adaptation ( 1903 ) , arguing that evolution was governed solely by the production of saltations , and had nothing to do with adapting the species to its environment . |
| 8 | Don had been experimenting for years before he took out the patent in 1970 and significantly stated that ‘ The difference in camber and relative incidence on the central fore and aft sections serves to stabilise the kite in pitch ’ . |
| 9 | Who did Martin check with before he took out the F P er policy ? |
| 10 | Invited to join the King , with his companions the Chancellor Colonel Sapt and his aide-de-camp Fritz von Tarlenheim , on the ruler 's last night of freedom before he takes up the burden of the Crown , Rassendyll is conveniently available to step in when the monarch collapses , drugged by wine presented by his jealous brother Black Michael . |
| 11 | ‘ It all depends on how he ( Brand ) plays , ’ said the Spanish star , delighted to be back in contention a week after finishing second in Switzerland and two weeks before he takes on the Americans in the Ryder Cup again . |