Example sentences of "[verb] early [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Philippa had come early because she wanted to get in in the hope of finding an earring she had lost , before the cleaner started on the room . |
| 2 | He is bushy-tailed and defiantly optimistic for the new decade — which in his case starts early when the still battered England cricket team leave for the West Indies in less than three weeks . |
| 3 | She could hear stirrings upstairs and assumed that Matey , who often rose early when she could not sleep late , was on her way down to start her chores alongside McAllister . |
| 4 | James had asked him to come early so they could do some work on the autobiography before dinner . |
| 5 | Dusting with malathion is probably still as effective a deterrent as any , but clearly it has to be applied early before the little blighters are on the wing . |
| 6 | Bulbs are already in the shops , and although there is no hurry to plant the spring-flowering types in the garden , it 's a good idea to purchase early so you get a wide choice of good quality bulbs . |
| 7 | He went to bed to dream uneasily , and woke early as he always did in the early stages of a case before he had got the machine working properly . |
| 8 | Furthermore , as a result of high levels of unemployment in the 1970s and 1980s ( and possibly also as a result of the capacity of the more affluent to accumulate enough resources to enable them to retire early if they wish ) , the percentage of those in their late fifties and early sixties who regard themselves as permanently retired has increased ( Walker 1980 ; GHS 1986 : 73 ; Johnson 1989 ) . |
| 9 | The day 's preparations will begin early as the first newsmen get into position . |
| 10 | School was going to be closed early because the rain had not stopped and the school and village were nearly totally cut off from everywhere else . |
| 11 | The 10.20am from Paddington to Oxford , which arrived early when the soverign used it on Thursday , was four minutes late without her on board . |
| 12 | We have already had one Christmas parcel , but that was from Hong-Kong , and arrived early because it was posted in England at the convenience of the man of the family , who flies jet airliners for Cathay Pacific . |
| 13 | I decided to watch the television in my room , or listen to the radio , and get to sleep early so I could be up just after dawn to catch a wasp for the Factory . |
| 14 | Her independence and organizing ability had been displayed early when she joined the Girl Scouts in 1909 and formed the first Bournemouth troop of guides . |
| 15 | And after some slight difficulty I was n't a very good student , er I finished early before There was no chance of my passing matric anyway . |
| 16 | The North-east coalfield developed early because of access to sea routes to the capital ; the other landlocked coalfields catered only for regional markets before canals and navigable rivers enabled them to lower their prices and until the railways opened up national markets . |
| 17 | The last meal is scheduled early because of the shift rota operated by officers . |
| 18 | Simple statements , questions and commands should be introduced early because of the student 's immediate need of communication with the people among whom he/she is living . |
| 19 | Residents have realised they need to book early if they want to be buried in Hurworth. ’ he said . |
| 20 | In America , image-making started early when at the beginning of this century , wealthy John D Rockefeller Jr , hired a press agent to change his image from that of a mean old rich man to that of philanthropist . |
| 21 | Get them involved early because often people with on special needs are very special as far as social security agencies are concerned . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll go early so I can see the Social Services . ’ |
| 23 | He had gone early because he was going on a surveying job . |
| 24 | Another death for coherence was indicated early when Heseltine referred to the Russians as ‘ the most cold , calculating , chess-playing people on Earth ’ . |
| 25 | You should not arrive early as we are most unlikely to have waiting space available in the lounge area . |
| 26 | Ms Noble 's talk will be the first item on the agenda and you can leave early if you wish to , though you are , of course , welcome to stay for the rest of the meeting . |
| 27 | Football fans attending the Sunderland V Middlesbrough match on April 20 at Roker Park are being asked by police to arrive early as big crowds are expected due to vouchers being issued for Cup Final tickets . |
| 28 | I had no intention of marrying early when I came to this town . |
| 29 | The opinion polls and the press had written Truman off ; the Chicago Tribune appeared early before the final result was declared with the headline : " Dewey defeats Truman " . |
| 30 | Ruth had begun early as she , Rachaela , had done . |