Example sentences of "before it [vb past] [adj] [noun] " 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 | An important amendment to the Finance Bill , before it received Royal Assent , was the introduction of a flat rate scheme for farmers with effect from 1 January 1993 . |
| 3 | No reed was to be mown for thatch before it had two years ' growth . |
| 4 | But his own reasoning was different : there were questions he wanted to ask and things he wanted to consider before it became common knowledge that MacQuillan had received a threat typed on a newsroom machine . |
| 5 | After an hour he came to a small roadside inn that stood on the crest of a shallow hill and , twisting in his saddle , he saw that the inn gave him a good view of the road right to the horizon so that he would see any French pursuit long before it represented any danger . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Ian Hollingsbee worked at the hospital before it closed 4 years ago . |