Example sentences of "[noun pl] before [verb] [pron] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two robbers banged on the side of the Security Express van , spread-eagled one of the guards before shooting him in the legs . |
| 2 | They even coloured some of the mixture with saffron to make a ‘ yolk ’ , then they carefully filled the shells before baking them in the ashes of the cooking fire . |
| 3 | ‘ A managing director of one of my companies is a great believer in studying the star signs of applicants before employing them in the company . |
| 4 | At five o'clock in the morning Ada Neumann would have been in her kitchen , simmering the dozens of doughnut-shaped rolls in hot water for a few minutes before baking them in the oven , glazing them with egg-white and then showering them with sesame seeds . |
| 5 | Detectives believe the broker , who helped Terry Waite 's efforts to free hostages in Lebanon , may even have drugged his wife and children before shooting them in the head . |