Example sentences of "before [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crush a sugar lump and add it to the brandy in which the raisins were soaked ; warm the mixture , set it alight and drizzle it over the pudding just before bringing to table . |
| 2 | We scrambled over the chockstone of the Eye onto the plateau and wandered over shimmering snowfields to drink from the icy waters of the Garbh Uisge where it emerged from a shadowy blue tunnel before tumbling from the plateau . |
| 3 | Another must is the trip to Achensee , Austria 's largest Alpine lake , before journeying to Rattenberg to view some of its world famous crystal . |
| 4 | They have precious little in common , except that they both worked in the construction industry before journeying to London . |
| 5 | Before journeying into the sensory worlds of other animals we need to discard this restricted view . |
| 6 | Probably if ‘ Damnation Derek ’ had bothered to talk to people and get to know them a bit before preaching at them , he would have discovered that they would want to ask him some questions about what he believed . |
| 7 | Joseph Parker , before preaching in a village chapel , was overheard to say , ‘ Jesus be near me , very near me , near me all the time ’ . |
| 8 | Table 1.1 shows that the South East , East Anglia and the South West ( as mapped at Figure 1.1 ) together had 46 per cent of the population of Great Britain in 1701 ; this share fell to its lowest level , of 38 per cent , in 1921 , before recovering to 42 per cent in recent census years . |
| 9 | After a 1992 high of 181p the shares have been in near constant retreat , hitting a low of 83.5p before recovering to yesterday 's suspension price of 129p . |
| 10 | The MLC expects European pig prices to fall further this summer , before recovering in the autumn , when there are fewer pigs on the market . |
| 11 | Jules helped the ball on and Mooney outpaced Russell Bradley before firing past Lee Bracey . |
| 12 | They were just two friends , enjoying the cool evening air , perhaps walking up a thirst before repairing to a beer hall . |
| 13 | They will be able to relax in leather-upholstered comfort in the stylish bar before repairing to the dining room to enjoy the finest of food from the estate 's own farms . |
| 14 | Bay Green , who spent 17 years with Kleinwort Benson before defecting to Hill Samuel merchant bank as head of corporate finance , is back with Kleinwort , this time with a seat on the board . |
| 15 | All these numbers are before allowing for recycling . |
| 16 | They found that , on average , the futures were overpriced by 0.12% ( before allowing for transactions costs ) . |
| 17 | In 1992 , despite the deepening recession , the same companies i.e. before allowing for the Magazines loss , earned a profit of £733,500 or £193,000 more than in 1991 . |
| 18 | Coming from the latrine , the figure hugged the shadow of the building before jogging across open ground to the cover of Hut 5 . |
| 19 | So it was a change of kit before jogging in step over to the gymnasium for physical jerks followed by boxing instruction . |
| 20 | WIGAN fought all the way before seeing off Workington Town 's hopes of a historic first semi-final place in today 's Regal Trophy draw . |
| 21 | ‘ Get hold of them low down , close to the ground , before yanking on them . |
| 22 | Andrew Kelway , confident of Timlyn 's acceleration , tracked Elver Season before pouncing on the run to the final fence . |
| 23 | She spent an hour chatting to patients before tucking into melon , fish in white sauce and summer pudding . |
| 24 | Pupils are encouraged , even expected , to pursue a topic through several drafts before editing for publication in whatever local sense this may occur . |
| 25 | Then swiftly she launches into a staccato attack on political buffoonery and the Government in general before lashing at the crass assumptions that men make about women , and reaching the parts of chaps ' angst-filled sexuality that mere innuendo could never find . |
| 26 | This occurs at great heights where atmospheric densities are very low , so that many of the liberated hydrogen atoms escape into space before colliding with oxygen atoms and becoming water molecules . |
| 27 | But the floor was wet and I slid along before colliding with a slab of sprats , cod and ice which showered over me . |
| 28 | Most of these are thought to have rifted away from the margins of Gondwana and moved northward before colliding with the southern margin of the Eurasian land mass and causing extensive deformation and thrusting . |
| 29 | When a document has been saved it should be cleared from the screen before typing in a new document and not merely deleted ( which introduces the danger of unknowingly overwriting the file just saved ) . |
| 30 | But Faye had already turned to the thick , creamy frontispiece to check for herself before leafing through the rest of the volume . |