Example sentences of "[noun pl] before [verb] it [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Most reckon that , with the holding in Hanson 's balance sheet as a fixed asset , Lord Hanson will probably hold on for maybe 18 months before placing it with an alternative international predator .
2 We weakened the signal in several ways , one of which was by damaging the cells of the polarizing region with high doses of X-rays before grafting it to the anterior margin .
3 He unspooled it , ripped it from the plastic , then rolled it in his palms before dropping it into an ashtray .
4 Actually the ganglion cells are responsible for preprocessing the information in sophisticated ways before relaying it to the brain , and in some ways the word " interface " does n't do justice to this .
5 The instructor smiled as he went to each man in turn and pulled out two full arm lengths of cord from their parachutes before attaching it to the static line .
6 She missed two games before finding it behind a cushion , but then took only a few days to call house on number 52 in game 230 .
7 An optical path reflects the beam along a series of 10 mirrors mounted alongside the arm 's joints before focusing it with a zinc selenide lens .
8 He studied the English copy for a few more moments before dropping it into the shredder .
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