Sentence examples for but barely before from inspiring English sources

But barely before the sub, the Komsomolets, could accomplish anything, a fire burst out underwater.

LA fell behind early on Saturday night, but barely blinked before hitting back with four first-half goals.

In the days leading up to the First Test, barely before, there was a change of heart.

If you were to run English history since the Roman empire on fast forward, you would see wave after wave of invaders arriving by ship, depositing new words into the language and new hair colours into the gene pool – but barely settling before they embark on new ships to go and find new places to colonise and trade with.

But barely an hour before the 4 p.m. evacuation deadline, some businesses were still open.

But barely three hours before the Astros made the move, they issued a statement on domestic violence without mentioning Lugo.

I had a big Friday night planned but barely made it out before I was hit with intense stomach pain.

But barely hours into these Olympics, before most of us watching on TV have had the chance to develop bedsores, connoisseurs have witnessed a brand new manifestation of sporting solipsism.

But barely an hour had passed before the babies' visual acuity had doubled--they could see stripes half as wide as those they registered right after surgery, the researchers report in the current issue of Science.

Mason was played poorly on Monday, too, stopping just 14 of 18 shots, often just barely, before giving way to Mathieu Garon.

The news is coming out just barely before Mother's Day (that's this Sunday, for the delinquent among you), so if you need a last-minute save, this could be the right option.