listen vs put before

listen

noun
  • An instance of listening. 

verb
  • To pay attention to a sound or speech. 

  • To expect or wait for a sound, such as a signal. 

  • To accept advice or obey instruction; to agree or assent. 

put before

verb
  • To treat (someone or something) as more important than (someone or something else). 

  • To display a proposal or idea to (someone) to be considered. 

How often have the words listen and put before occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )