Example sentences of "before it [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Soros made a fortune by selling sterling short before it left the ERM last September , and bought gold early in its recent rally . |
| 2 | Usually , on reconnaissance escort , the Germans drove the camera plane home within ten minutes , and often they got it before it recrossed the Line . |
| 3 | The man lashed out with a rusted chain but Whitlock managed to roll clear before it struck the ground where he had been lying . |
| 4 | I possess a letter from one of his crew who was the last to leave the stricken Halifax whilst his Commanding Officer struggled to keep the aircraft " airborne , losing height rapidly and beseeching all the crew to get out before it struck the ground . |
| 5 | Before his own grandad had died he was alleged to have remarked , ‘ By , that wind 's a killer , ’ seconds before it blew the crane that dropped the crate that smashed his head in . |
| 6 | The blood of the wounded trickled from the bank , spilling like one of the showers that freshened the earth each day , and flowed downstream towards the sea , which was not so far that its rich scarlet could diffuse before it met the waves . |
| 7 | Suffice it to say that , after referring to the ‘ extraordinary , and perhaps unique , jurisdiction of the Visitors to the Inns of Court , ’ he found that the judges possessed a residual jurisdiction by which , in an exceptional case , they might remit a matter to an Inn and direct it to reconsider , with the Inns ' Council and the Bar Council , what ought to be the criteria by which they should judge the question before it determined the application afresh . |
| 8 | An internal well-maintained will tend to suck out the worst of the loose detritus before it clogs the undergravel . |
| 9 | It moved over to the north before it reached the camp , so that we never heard much of the thunder . |
| 10 | It had obviously taken the wrong channel and become wedged on a rising shelf of rock strata which traversed the trough about fifty yards before it reached the lake surrounding the breakwater . |
| 11 | A rattling commotion alerted me to the patrol well before it reached the alley . |
| 12 | The setting sun flickered through the trunks of the palm trees along the track , disappearing into haze before it reached the horizon . |
| 13 | It was still hard to believe that the pod was not going to be destroyed before it reached the ground . |
| 14 | It rained in the sky , in long streaky sheets , but the rain dried up before it reached the ground . |
| 15 | Only the dying bull stopped before it reached the trees . |
| 16 | When he reached the ticket hall the heat was so fierce the water from his hose turned to steam before it reached the fire . |
| 17 | Carried to their logical conclusion his theories meant that ( if he were right ) the attaque à outrance could be broken by a well-organised defence long before it reached the enemy . |
| 18 | He knew of course that he would never be able to halt the train before it reached the bridge and he had his guard 's safety to think about . |
| 19 | A match spluttering near out , before it touches the moors , |
| 20 | The meaning of ‘ volley ’ here is : when a ball comes to the player and he hits it first time at the goal before it touches the ground . |
| 21 | The treetops thrashed violently in a wind that seemed to spend its force before it touched the ground . |
| 22 | With a paternoster , the fish will move the line to the indicator before it feels the lead . |
| 23 | Now she knew the potency of his sexual technique , she could switch into an appropriate iceberg act , freeze the moment before it had the chance to escalate into another near-escape like the one by the Blue Grotto … |
| 24 | There was plenty of competition too for the Shildon operation before it secured the paint contract . |
| 25 | The South Korean government said that all domestic electronic communications companies will be freed to operate voice mail and wireless data communications services later this half : the communications ministry said it planned to reinforce financial and tax support to foster these sectors , currently dominated by Korea Telecom before it opens the market to foreigners next year . |
| 26 | I favour a long-reaching front guard because it has less distance to travel before it strikes the opponent , and it is able to intercept attacks closer to source . |
| 27 | He stood off from the left-hand window and kicked the big bottom pane , pulling his foot back before it interrupted the fall of glass , then kicked again to clear the residue . |
| 28 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that notwithstanding the wording of section 8(2) of the Finance Act 1986 W. Plc. was not a member of the self-regulating organisation Lautro for the purposes of the Act and had no right of appeal to Lautro under the provisions of Lautro 's 1988 Rules ; that Lautro had a duty to act fairly not only to its members but , in appropriate circumstances , to those appointed representatives on which , in accordance with its rules , an intervention notice was to be served ; but that , in determining whether those affected by an intervention notice should be permitted to make representations before the notice was served , Lautro had to balance their interests against the interests of investors pending a full inquiry ; and that , having decided to serve the notice as a matter of urgency , Lautro should not be burdened with the necessity to decide whether time permitted it to receive representations before it served the notice ( post , pp. 575C–G , 576A–C , 577C–D , 579E — 580A , D — 581B , 582E ) . |
| 29 | The US Army may have dumped radioactive waste from nuclear bomb programmes in Love Canal , many years before it became the site for disposal of toxic chemicals by a commercial concern . |
| 30 | The seller 's message was to be tested by SeaDocs before it accepted the communication from the endorsee-buyer . |