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Before had had vs Before had done

The phrases 'before had had' and 'before had done' are not directly comparable as they serve different purposes. 'Before had done' is a correct construction used to indicate an action completed before a specific point in the past. On the other hand, 'before had had' is not a common or correct construction in English.

Last updated: April 01, 2024 • 817 views

Before had had

This is not a common or correct construction in English.

The phrase 'before had had' is not used in English. It is incorrect and does not convey a clear meaning.
  • Nathan realized that their conversation from the evening before had had its effect.
  • I had never before had you as an actor.
  • We had never before had an election campaign in the history of Parliament, says he who is now celebrating 25 years of being an MEP.
  • The eastward enlargement brought a new and significant dimension to the challenge of cohesion, as the EU had never before had to face such a marked increase in disparities.
  • Whether it was protecting the environment, animals, health or consumers that was being discussed, the dialogue was broken off before it had had chance to start.
  • Those who had gone before had knowing of things beyond our reckoning even beyond our dreaming.
  • And desperate to know how much time I had before I had to tell Jake.
  • Before production had begun Weinstein had given her his tentative approval.
  • But it was early in the morning and few were in a mood to argue or talk before they had had their morning coffee.
  • And before I had had a chance to explore that dark side or figure out who I was or what I wanted I met you.
  • Got thrown out of 60-odd games before the league had finally had enough of him.
  • I'm pretty sure we had hospitals before we had all these machines.
  • My brother, before he had Max, had Bella, a rescue lab.
  • No one designed motorway signs before because we hadn't had a motorway.
  • Protection colonists had had before the British army, the king thought that they would pay for.
  • before they had even had the chance to germinate.
  • films were being banned before people had actually had the look at the work,
  • Last holiday we had before we had kids?
  • Act IV, and provisional climax of this appalling play: before we had had a chance to give our views on experience with the old directive, the Commission brought forward an amended version!
  • The Irish justice minister, Dermot Ahern, recently accused the EU Central Bank of having forced Ireland to go ahead with its bailout request, turning the country into a loser before its government had even had a chance to consider the options.

Before had done

This is a correct construction used to indicate an action completed before a specific point in the past.

'Before had done' is used to describe an action that was completed before a certain time or event in the past.

Examples:

  • He had finished his homework before his parents arrived home.
  • She had cooked dinner before the guests arrived.
  • They had left the party before it started raining.
  • I had read the book before the movie was released.
  • The team had won the championship before the coach retired.
  • One that you must keep, as I and my father before me had done.
  • Before they had done the stratigraphical survey in order to reconstruct up to details the history of the building (Frank Becker).
  • And to think that you could actually ski down these things, you know, before anybody had done it, is pretty phenomenal because they are really steep.
  • I don't think any photograph like this had ever been taken before we had done this.
  • The following spell required much more than what he had done before.
  • We have consummated the bourgeois-democratic revolution as nobody had done before.
  • The experience of doing something together that neither of us had done before.
  • Before InnLab I had done two internships, but those were nothing compared to it. Carrying your own project forward is extremely difficult and this is the main different.
  • It was exactly what America had done before the American Revolution and there are many other examples throughout the world.
  • something no other living creature had done before him.
  • Tomorrow Never Knows breaks so many barriers, musically speaking, and does so many things that no one had done before.
  • Incidentally, Lasse's idea is based on work I had done before.
  • I didn't know how to incorporate this element (which I had done before filming).
  • Commissioner, the truth is that I composed this question in May and when I learnt that the proceedings had been opened I considered withdrawing it, but, before I had done so, something happened which led me to change my mind.
  • 15 And it came to pass before he had done speaking, that behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
  • And he had it in mind, as many gentlemen had done before him... to marry a woman of fortune and condition.
  • And given your... appreciation for what he had done before I thought that...
  • "Using the ancient mandala as the freewheeling basis of a contemporary building, made possible a completely new way of structuring spatial sequences, unlike anything else we had done before".
  • had done before or then was yet to do
  • They could no longer follow him from place to place and assist in his ministry as they had done before he was crucified.

Alternatives:

  • before had completed
  • before had finished
  • before had accomplished
  • before had performed
  • before had achieved

Related Comparisons

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