Vocabulary

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before it becomes (verb); before (an undesirable thing occurs)

expression

Example sentences

He rose to his feet before the meal was over.

He had hardly finished breakfast when the telephone rang.

I wish to revisit England before I get too old.

I had not waited long before he arrived.

Let's beat it before it gets too late.

Let's go out before it gets hot.

Hardly had I started when it began to rain.

Scarcely had I started out when it began to rain.