Example sentences of "before [v-ing] [pron] attention [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DeVore turned briefly to smile at Berdichev before returning his attention to the scene on the other side of the one-way mirror that took up the whole of one wall of the study . |
| 2 | as if aware of her dilemma , Rune glanced briefly at her before returning his attention to the road ahead . |
| 3 | He was dead , and she drew the sheet over his face before turning her attention to the next . |
| 4 | In the Grammar Laski , before turning his attention to the issue of sovereignty , commenced his analysis , significantly , with an examination of the purpose of social organization and suggested that , when viewed purposively , the State ‘ becomes an organisation for enabling the mass of men to realise social good on the largest possible scale ’ . |
| 5 | Huy wondered whether that eldest daughter , who worked as Reni 's secretary , had helped him destroy the documents he drew up during Akhenaten 's reign , which would have given such priceless ammunition to his enemies , before turning his attention to the newcomers . |