Example sentences of "before [v-ing] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though you 'd have thought they 'd have taken it off before bringing in their things . |
| 2 | Yeltsin and Nazarbayev arranged separate meetings with the leaderships of Armenia and Azerbaijan on Sept. 21-22 before bringing together their presidents ( Ter-Petrosyan and Mutalibov ) , and the leadership of Nagorny Karabakh , in the southern Russian town of Zheleznovodsk . |
| 3 | Before hanging up , make sure you have a firm commitment from your debtor to take a definite action by a definite date . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | However , before competing again you must present yourself to the tournament doctor to have both the injury and your bandaging accepted . |
| 6 | When Christina gave the signal , they both body-surfed for a few minutes before tumbling over and over as the strong current literally threw them onto the shore . |
| 7 | Trotting confidently out of his burrow into a jungly , prehistoric world , he is rescued by bats from slimy , groping creatures , only to fall into cavernous waters and swim out to sea , from where he is plucked by a vulture-like bird whose hungry chicks he has ‘ fun ’ avoiding before tumbling safely home . |
| 8 | As she began to choke she kicked and struggled for breath before tumbling down into nowhere . |
| 9 | At the major shows , winners are often exposed to the glare of television lights , and expected to parade for the cameras as well , before journeying back home after a long day . |
| 10 | On the other hand he did , once on the jetty , bend his knees carefully so that he could deposit my suitcase next to another item of my luggage before loping off somewhere else with the sack still on his head . |
| 11 | However , the pound had another troubled day , falling to a record low before recovering slightly . |
| 12 | Stocks on the London Metal Exchange had almost halved to 12,900 tonnes since the beginning of the year , before recovering sharply to 16,475 tonnes this week . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | After rugged David Shearer barged over Jimmy Carter and Lee Dixon before firing home Blackburn 's 85th-minute decider , Graham conceded : ‘ We 've got to put the physical side of our game back in place — even if it means sacrificing some of the attractive football we want to play . ’ |
| 15 | It was a quality goal from Jim McFadden , who held off four defenders before firing home from the edge of the box . |
| 16 | They dropped the stretcher by Tommy 's side and dragged him on to the canvas before jogging back towards the trench . |
| 17 | She was also staggered by how energetically the Argentines played , hitting balls up in the air , juggling and tapping them , twisting , turning and stopping , followed by Ferrari bursts of acceleration before circling again . |
| 18 | Alliance , one of a number of new companies formed after the war , spent £90,000 on a grandiose production programme before seeing how a single one of its films performed in the cinemas . |
| 19 | Lil swirled her eyes across the table before tucking in . |
| 20 | A Stealer tore a trooper 's chest open before darting back into concealment … |
| 21 | Growing bolder , she made a dash into the hollow of his mouth , and touched his teeth , played briefly with his tongue , before darting back out . |
| 22 | A shoal of young roach approached it unawares , sensed its presence and immediately closed ranks — safety in numbers — before darting off . |
| 23 | The last row before binding off is knitted at tension 10 . |
| 24 | Southend await a late fitness test on Andy Ansah before naming today 's side . |
| 25 | Go past High Close youth hostel before branching off to the right on to a path which goes around the lower slopes of Loughrigg Fell to Rydal village ( 2.5 miles ) . |
| 26 | Sometimes the problem begins with a common opening part before branching out into its subdivisions . |
| 27 | Following this peak , the heat falls steadily to CO 0.5 monolayers before levelling off as before . |
| 28 | In patients who underwent uncomplicated major surgery , however , CRP rose above baseline eight to 12 hours after incision , and reached a maximum in 48 to 72 hours , before levelling off towards normal over five to 14 days . |
| 29 | It rises steadily to a height of almost 600 feet above the loch before levelling out at the top of a headland ; cars may be parked here and a short stroll reveals an extensive panorama of exquisite beauty without a discordant note . |
| 30 | The Range Rover left it behind quickly on a steep road which wound up in hairpin bends for a mile before levelling out on the road to Haverfordwest . |