Example sentences of "[noun sg] before [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Periodically they would devote an entire day to a communal fast , praying , reading aloud from the Bible , attending several sermons , and sharing a simple communal meal in the evening before returning to their homes . |
| 2 | Bit of writing , bit of tennis , bit of reading ( to kill time ) , few beers in the evening before going to bed thinking what a waste my life is . |
| 3 | Eventually it was time for bed and they waited until the middle of the night before sneaking to the workshop on tip-toes . |
| 4 | Theda 's eyes remained closed as the lumbering stagecoach rumbled its way from Newark , where she had caught it outside the Saracen 's Head , to Ashby-de-la-Zouch , where it would remain for the night before proceeding to Stafford . |
| 5 | On 15 October hastening back from Berwick , the king , the earl of Kent , Hugh Despenser the younger , and the rest of the court arrived at Bridlington priory where they spent the night before retreating to Burstwick , in Holderness . |