Example sentences of "[noun] before being [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She held posts in Northumberland and Dundee before being appointed as the first educational psychologist in Dumbarton . |
| 2 | The draft proposals were to be discussed with the trade unions and opposition parties before being submitted to the People 's Assembly . |
| 3 | The surviving stowaway said his friends on board the MacRuby were beaten by six crewmen before being hurled into the Atlantic off Portugal . |
| 4 | The Tigercat was one of the Sis-Q firebombing aircraft before being acquired by the Museum . |
| 5 | He and his friends would deliberately allow the quicksand to take them up to their knees before being extricated by the other members of the gang . |
| 6 | After serving in the US Army in Vietnam in 1969-71 , Gore worked as a journalist before being elected to the House of Representatives in 1976 and to the Senate in 1984 and 1990 . |
| 7 | He attended Liverpool College before being apprenticed to the well-known Manchester engineering firm of Joseph Whitworth & Company . |
| 8 | Forest had chances to win , a traditionally exciting game , but Kingsley Black missed a series of opportunities before being substituted in the second half . |
| 9 | She lay there awash for almost eight months before being salvaged by the Leith Towage & Salvage Co . |
| 10 | The analyst identifies the entities and relationships before being immersed in the detail , in particular the work of identifying the attributes which define the properties of entities . |
| 11 | A lawyer and former oilfield worker , he was head of government for nine years in the 1950s and 1960s under British colonial rule before being beaten at the polls by a charismatic rival , Mr Eric Gairy . |
| 12 | A silver-gilt sweet-meat dish made in Hamburg in 1610 and originally owned by Christian IV of Denmark before being given to the Tsar should realise SF300–450,000 ( £115–175,000 ; $200–300,000 ) . |
| 13 | Lord Cullen heard an allegation that while chairman of Falkirk before being removed from the post last May , Hamish Deans had behaved in an overbearing and dictatorial manner . |
| 14 | Many were kicked and beaten by eight or more stewards before being flung into the street : ‘ In nearly every case they were bleeding from the head and face and their clothing was badly torn … . ’ |
| 15 | Digital phase control signals are generated by the microprocessor and amplified by the drive circuit before being applied to the motor . |
| 16 | In hospitals without a psychiatric unit , patients usually had to wait several days before being seen by the psychiatrist , occupying medical beds and often antagonizing the medical staff by their presence . |
| 17 | The remaining two seats were in doubt for several days before being awarded to the conservative coalition as a result of the distribution of preferential votes . |
| 18 | The pipe is cut to length and chamfered at about 45° ( so that it will enter the fitting more easily ) and lubricated with special silicone lubricant before being pushed into the fitting . |
| 19 | He was half dragged , half marched to the door of the shop before being ejected into the street . |
| 20 | Contraband brandy landed around Portwrinkle could be hidden awhile in Sheviock Woods before being ferried across the Lynher to Erth and on to Saltash . |
| 21 | Two large pieces of bogwood were purchased and soaked for a couple of weeks before being added to the aquarium with safe , large round pebbles . |
| 22 | Indeed , as the locomotive will have to be restored to its current green livery before being returned to the National Railway Museum the prospects for a change are not high . |
| 23 | This is illustrated by the case of a girl who experienced a tremendous shock some three to four years before being seen at the homoeopathic out-patient clinic . |
| 24 | The first generation Renault 5 was in production for 13 years before being replaced by the second generation Renault 5 ‘ SuperCinq ’ in 1985 . |
| 25 | As much as 85% of the materials should be on open access , and stock relegated to store should remain there for a trial period of five years before being returned to the main library , or transferred to a permanent back-up collection such as the British Library . |
| 26 | G-AVIL is a 1965 Alon A-2 version flown in the USA for two years before being imported into the UK in 1967 by the Ulster Flying Club at Newtownards . |
| 27 | Benredjeb gave former WBC champion Hodkinson a few problems before being stopped in the eighth round of a European featherweight title challenge in December 1989 . |
| 28 | You step over piles of old papers and up past several floors of small businesses before being welcomed into the small , busy room that seems to be all the space that the magazine requires . |
| 29 | Spontaneous recovery occurred within one hour , during which time the animals were kept warm by infrared heat from a lamp before being returned to the standard conditions of the animal house . |
| 30 | Further evidence of Starfield 's commitment to quality is provided by the fact that every guitar which comes into the country is checked over by repairer Martyn Booth before being dispatched to the shops . |