Example sentences of "[noun] [adv prt] before [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I must admit … ’ he paused to slow the car down before turning off the road to come to a halt outside an attractive inn , thatched , gabled and wooden-beamed , its façade ablaze with baskets of flowers , its forecourt furnished with long trestle-tables and carved wooden chairs . |
| 2 | He had n't had to tell them to take their shoes off before boarding at the Co-op quay and in three days of cruising they had washed the sand off their feet after each shore trip . |
| 3 | ‘ Somewhere , ’ he replied and switched the kettle on before rummaging through the drawers . |
| 4 | Shirley , 54 , took a year off before returning to the stage . |
| 5 | She wondered what they were saying about her , up at the top of the house , as she undressed and laid her clothes out before sliding under the duvet in her underwear . |