Example sentences of "[pers pn] well before " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only other dissenter is Mary Midgley who , with good sense , questions the pride of place given to an unambiguous vegetarianism ( 1983 : 25–7 ) : ‘ What the animals need most urgently is probably a campaign for treating them better before they are eaten ’ , and she augments this by advocating a gradual move towards the consumption of less meat ( 27 ) . |
| 2 | ‘ I felt I 'd like to know you better before I broached the subject . ’ |
| 3 | This is an artificial lake , the tremendous retaining wall of which you can see up above you well before you arrive there , blocking off the valley . |
| 4 | Interlining will add years to the life of your curtains and you are likely to tire of them well before they wear out . |
| 5 | With my confidence about as durable as a wet tissue , I thought I 'd better do whatever needed to be done with it well before he arrived , and then wash it off my fingers and anywhere else visible and smellable . |
| 6 | People who knew us well before we married did n't think there was a chance of it working . |