Example sentences of "before it [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sadly much of the animosity generated about Cochrane and Bennett originated from within No 5 Group and a great deal I was able to counter before it reached tap-room levels , I never felt I was running with the fox because I had great feeling and admiration for both these Olympian " gores , in fact , Cochrane invited me to move to No 5 Group with him when he left No 3 Group , but I declined as I was in mid-tour . |
| 2 | No reed was to be mown for thatch before it had two years ' growth . |
| 3 | Although he acknowledges that the moisture content is high , he says the extra drying costs are offset by catching the crop before it sheds any ears . |
| 4 | It used to hold young offenders before it closed two years ago.Now it 's just about ready to take immingrants detained by the Home Office . |
| 5 | Ian Hollingsbee worked at the hospital before it closed 4 years ago . |
| 6 | TI says it has switched to a 0.7-micron process from 0.8 , and will be analysing product from every angle before it makes any declarations as to what it 's really getting . |
| 7 | The algorithm examines every shallow state , which can be constructed by a short path from start , before it examines deeper states . |
| 8 | For example , if a decision is made to build a factory , it might be years before the building is erected , equipped and in operation , and years more before it earns sufficient profits to pay back the investment . |
| 9 | Explosives experts were planning to set off mines to destroy the underground conduits which keep the lava from cooling and solidifying before it reaches inhabited areas farther down the mountain . |