Example sentences of "before [verb] [adv prt] [coord] [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 Zhukov had posed the photograph with two of his ‘ models ’ , then meticulously superimposed the face of Mikhail Vologsky upon one of them before touching up and re-photographing the composite .
2 The pilot , P/O Franek Surma steered the stricken aircraft away from the built-up area before bailing out and leaving the Spitfire to its ultimate fate .
3 She decided to use it , adding a generous amount of her favourite scented oil to the water gushing into the bath before lying back and letting the warm water soothe her weariness and tensions away .
4 Brown , who went on a one-day course at T IS before coming back and installing the system at Morgan Grenfell , is now teaching colleagues to use it , including unit manager Karen Goate , ‘ Computers used to frighten me , but not now , ’ she says .
5 The first members of the teams run up to the suitcases and put everything on , run round the back of the rest of the team and then take everything off and put it back in the suitcase before running back and touching the next member of the team who repeats the process .
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