Example sentences of "[num] [noun] before [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Regimes incorporating anthelmintic control recommend treatment of sows and gilts 1-2 weeks before putting to the boar , and again 1-2 weeks before farrowing . |
| 2 | The 73-year-old spinster , who worked for three generations of the same family for 56 years , was dragged 30 yards before falling under the giant wheels . |
| 3 | The FT-SE fell 22 points before rallying on the cheerier economic news to close down 10.3 at 2716.2 . |
| 4 | He intended to stay six months before returning to the secure family practice . |
| 5 | Alex Cockburn , later to work for Black Dwarf and 7 Days before decamping to the States and a 1970s career on Village Voice , provided a somewhat withdrawn interview with the New Statesman 's then right-wing socialist editor Paul Johnson . |
| 6 | Police talked to the man for 90 minutes before breaking into the flat in Brighton and grabbing him after he threatened to light a match . |
| 7 | GERMAN inflation , now at 4.7 p.c. in the western part of the country , is expected to peak at below 5 p.c. before easing over the course of the year , Bundesbank council member Otmar Issing said yesterday . |
| 8 | I had arranged to meet Howard Imber , the writer , for a script conference over dinner at 8 , and fell on to the bed intending to rest for ten minutes before reading through the thick camera script . |
| 9 | During the third round Sam drove the short par-4 10th green and his eagle putt hung on the lip for almost 25 seconds before dropping into the hole . |
| 10 | It gained 14 points in early trading but was down almost 25 points before rallying in the last hour to close 20.3 lower at 2,818.0 , with just under 600 million shares changing hands . |
| 11 | She brought her hands away from her face only long enough for one look before continuing into the hall and up the stairs . |
| 12 | running from care : over half the 179 youngsters who had run from care were persistent absconders and had already run away at least five times before going to the safe house . |
| 13 | The user , seated in front of a video display unit ( VDU ) , interacts directly with the computer , inspecting the results produced by one request before deciding on the next . |
| 14 | However , if the item in question was sent overseas then please wait at least one month before sending in the claim form to allow sufficient time for delivery , but do try to submit it within four months from the date of despatch , otherwise the Foreign Administration may no longer have a record of delivery . |
| 15 | Such extractions are often required in molecular biology work to inactivate and remove enzymes used in one step before proceeding to the next . |
| 16 | It hit one house before crashing into the hallway of Debbie 's 400-year-old home in Donyatt , Somerset . |
| 17 | But captain Graham Gooch waited almost 60 hours before phoning with the bad news at 9.30 yesterday morning . |
| 18 | I was a miner for 23 years before coming to the House . |
| 19 | Tony Knight , who worked at BT as an electronics engineer for 23 years before opting for the academic life at Henley Management College , says that BT middle managers have attended his courses uncertain of whether they would have a job to go back to . |
| 20 | He led off the line and stayed in front for five of the 15 laps before driving into the pits to have a misfire cured . |
| 21 | You start the game with three Sopwith Camels ( the best Allied aircraft of WWI ) , each of which can absorb four hits before crashing to the ground . |
| 22 | It is advisable to stop chloral 24 hours before weaning from the ventilator |