Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] before [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Besides , it 's not absolutely essential that we get this device before leaving with the bomb — always assuming , of course , that we do leave . |
| 2 | If a read or write operation is started on a peripheral device , the computer awaits the completion of this operation before continuing with the next . |
| 3 | The United States and most European countries have a specialized riot police force , sometimes referred to as a ‘ third force ’ , which takes over when the ordinary police can not cope , and provides the state with another option before calling in the military . |
| 4 | Crawford had lost so much confidence before taking on the play that he decided he must live the part and put everything into it . |
| 5 | If an exhaust system has two such articles this offence is not committed if the gases pass through any such article before escaping into the atmosphere . |
| 6 | IF HE WINS in Barcelona , and sets the gold and lustrous seal upon his career , he will raise himself decisively above such nonsense before retiring to the rest of his life . |
| 7 | And when Annabel exclaimed , ‘ Oh , yes , Mama , ’ the two girls turned towards each other before hurrying from the room . |
| 8 | Again , it will not normally be acceptable for two pit brokers to agree a price at which they will trade with each other before going into the pit . |
| 9 | Every morning , and each night before switching off the light , she would look at it . |
| 10 | Backfilling consists of putting in a layer of aggregate followed by layers of earth , tamping down each layer before shovelling on the next . |
| 11 | One of the workers and one of the women , who 's never attended meetings of any kind before living in the refuge , want to go . |
| 12 | Later , these form complex accumulations of metres in the same key before returning to the central key … this accumulative process continues until the original key/metre associations are lost in an overall texture of harmonies and metres . ’ |
| 13 | He turned and left , ignoring the shouts and screams of the small wet attendant as — after the under-cook had gathered the other scullions round , pointed to the cauldron , the ladle and its own belly before nodding at the wet attendant — the kicking , howling creature was grabbed by the same scullions who had recently been comforting it , hoisted up the ladder still resting against the side of the great vat , and thrown back in . |
| 14 | Scan radially out from the AH to each performance instrument , returning to the AH each time before proceeding to the next instrument . |