Example sentences of "before [verb] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before hanging up , make sure you have a firm commitment from your debtor to take a definite action by a definite date . |
| 2 | Skinner , 31 , who began his career with Blaydon , has decided to leave Harlequins in May but intends to play a season for Blackheath before hanging up his boots . |
| 3 | The electric pumps deliver fuel to the carburettors ready for starting and , on a cold day , the primers should be used although for some reason these are wired closed on Juliet Uniform and one has to pump the throttles a few times before firing up . |
| 4 | These include open discussion with all staff before drawing up the policy , three months ’ advance warning of proposed changes , and a working party made up of both smokers and non-smokers to seek out and respond to the staff 's views . |
| 5 | A temporary coordinating group was appointed to gather suggestions from different researchers before drawing up a legal framework and establishing guidelines for the aims and activities of the Association . |
| 6 | We left Paris behind and drove off on a series of flyovers and underpasses , before drawing up outside the gates of Fort St Nogent on the outskirts . |
| 7 | It 's worth stepping back a little and considering your own personality before drawing up a birth plan or vowing that you will never have an epidural whatever the circumstances . |
| 8 | Then , just before stepping up to sign the register , he took off his hat . |
| 9 | The man in the leather jacket stood on the platform for a moment longer before stepping up into the carriage next to Donna 's . |
| 10 | In June the UVF in Belfast told Sunday Life the organisation was prepared to wait until the checkpoints were removed before stepping up its campaign . |
| 11 | Trailing overnight leader Sainz by 25 seconds at the start of the day , the British champion steadily whittled away the deficit and opened a 12-second lead on the penultimate stage , before easing up and finishing two seconds ahead of the Spaniard . |
| 12 | ‘ If you ran a mile race , you would go off fairly quickly then settle at an even pace before building up towards the end . |
| 13 | She too should find suitable work , and start with just a few hours , perhaps one or two days a week , before building up towards full-time work if she wishes . |
| 14 | ANYBODY who pursues competitive sport to Olympic level before building up their business to £90 million turnover might be said to have earned success through hard graft . |
| 15 | Zhukov had posed the photograph with two of his ‘ models ’ , then meticulously superimposed the face of Mikhail Vologsky upon one of them before touching up and re-photographing the composite . |
| 16 | Clearly it is prudent to question carefully the credentials of a biotechnology conference before signing up . |
| 17 | BEFORE SIGNING UP FOR ANY OF THE PRESENT CELLNET OR VODAFONE networks , would-be subscribers should consider what 's in the cellphone pipeline . |
| 18 | Check your existing lender 's redemption charge before signing up for a replacement loan . |
| 19 | Last year , before signing up to an IMF deal , Ethiopia 's government sent a team to visit eight African countries and decide for themselves what works . |
| 20 | The hallmark of Wyllie 's All Blacks is the ability to drive the ball forward repeatedly at close quarters , sucking in the defence before opening up and ruthlessly exploit any gaps . |
| 21 | Your daffodils seem to be suffering from the problem known as ‘ blindness ’ , that is they produce foliage but even when they do produce buds these remain small and dry out before opening up . |
| 22 | After a cautious start , Wharton , at 24 , a year younger than the Australian , took his time in the first three minutes before opening up with a series of punches in the next three rounds . |
| 23 | A solid door that has good , secure locks ( preferably two — a Yale lock and a deadlock ) and in which you can install a viewer , which will enable you to verify the identity of callers before opening up , is an important feature . |
| 24 | She and her husband ran a restaurant for eleven years before opening up Ford Farm in 1973 . |
| 25 | The narrow fissure stretched some twenty-five feet into the cliff before opening up into the tiny cave . |
| 26 | The first frame last night was as crucial as any , but Hendry won that with breaks of 54 and 55 before opening up a lead of three with an 81 which proved to be his highest after the interval . |
| 27 | Cara nodded , and elatedly went on to tell them that she had heard , only that morning when she 'd looked in at her office to check her post before driving up to Cheltenham , that she 'd pulled off an interview with none other than Vendelin Gajdusek . |
| 28 | I have to look at the matter more broadly , and consider also the effect of a valid assignment made before winding up became an imminent prospect . |
| 29 | While it hopes to build 500 houses before winding up in 1999 , the corporation said yesterday that it hoped to start transferring houses to the proposed Irvine Housing Association in 1993 . |
| 30 | It said it one of the guitar magazines I use my all the time before , before winding up for a gig , and all this sees for wrecking one of the guitars ! |