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     By: Alexander Koryagin to All on Mon Jul 28 2025 21:50:56   
      
    > But before they sat down to table, the doctor said in a voice of   
      
   1)  You don't start a sentence with words like "but" and "and".   
   2)  It would be more appropriate to say, "But before they sat down to eat," or   
       just, "But before they sat down,", implying that they were sitting down to   
       dinner.   
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