Example sentences of "[adv] before [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Earlier , he had been amazed by the amount of sludge being discharged by his pores , so before going back to the hot-rooms , he went to the wash handbasin and scrubbed his face with a will , and imagined all his blackheads disappearing down the drain along with the waste water . |
| 2 | The man in the leather jacket stood on the platform for a moment longer before stepping up into the carriage next to Donna 's . |
| 3 | ‘ I think so , because I checked the door later before going down to the village , and it was locked then , and the key was in my purse . ’ |
| 4 | So these dare devils have got 6 months to dry out before diving in at the deep end once again . |
| 5 | It should perhaps be pointed out before going on to the next set of examples to be discussed that most of the uses found with have admit of only one of the two interpretations given above . |
| 6 | I had to go and fetch water from two blocks away at 5 a.m. before setting off to the market . |
| 7 | Lindsey was still breathing hard as she strode through hospital reception , with an effort managing to smile at the small group of people sitting there before going through to the consulting-room and flinging her jacket on to the nearest chair . |
| 8 | Windeler glanced across before giving in to the slope and changing down through the gears . |
| 9 | After about a dozen movements have been learned , they are strung together in a kata sequence and practised over and over again before going on to the next set of kata movements . |
| 10 | ‘ Harlots , ’ replied Ellen repressively , waiting until the wagon was some distance ahead before stepping on to the bridge . |
| 11 | Maria lifted a hand to hit him , but he looked so grimly reluctant that her fingers had uncurled before they reached his chest , touching him lightly before moving up to the lock of black hair that had fallen over his tanned brow . |
| 12 | ‘ You Be My Friend ’ is more flailing fun , with farting guitar from grotesque Manics reject , Crispin , and ‘ Pink Flower ’ begins rabidly before drifting off into the Eeky Squeaky Ooky Kooky Land where the other songs — and I use the term out of tradition rather than fact — live . |