The phrase "a plot before" is not correct and lacks clarity in written English.
It may be intended to refer to a plot that occurs prior to a certain event or narrative, but it needs additional context to be meaningful.
Example: "In the story, there is a plot before the main conflict that sets the stage for the characters' motivations."
Alternatives: "a storyline prior" or "a narrative preceding".
The price for a plot before the cemetery ran out of them was $12,000.
When she wanted to write about an aunt who allowed her dog to eat a horse's head at a dump near her home, she said, she was uncertain whether she had used this very striking incident in a plot before.
Or it entails officers ready to break up a plot before anything happens, as when the alleged participants of a skinhead murder conspiracy in Florida involving national guardsmen were arrested last year.
"Our main objective would be to, through intelligence, find out about a plot before it ever got to a stage where a nuclear device or a dirty bomb was coming our way," Mr. Browne said.
It could conceivably be only a matter of time before determined jihadists in Britain get their hands on the sort of high powered assault weapons used in the Paris attacks but intelligence will be key in trying to head off such a plot before it materialises.
Is it that producers prefer the comfort of well-known stories, are creative types running low on original ideas, or are movies the new "out of town" tryout for a plot before heading to Times Square?
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"We have seen this plot before, like a tired movie franchise," Klobuchar said.
Anyone who's seen this used as a plot device before will be primed to read Tim's story as a case study, and to wonder why his world-beating doctors never mention it.
I read in yesterday's Times that Egypt's president, Hosni Mubarak, says he warned the U.S. of a plot by Al Qaeda before 9/11 and that he has a new plan for a Palestinian state.
"Our focus in counterterrorism is on intelligence-gathering that would learn of any plot before a device could be deployed," Mr. Browne said.
