Example sentences of "before [v-ing] [pron] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She removed his wet topcoat , and gave it a shake before hanging it on the hall-stand . |
| 2 | Now PC Dave Fishwick has urged residents to check identification before allowing anyone into the house . |
| 3 | ‘ You had indeed , ’ Feargal said with an ironic little bow before seating himself in the armchair opposite his mother . |
| 4 | Those who agreed were given an envelope in which to seal their completed questionnaire before returning it to the member of staff . |
| 5 | When you remove food from the freezer , do n't leave it in a warm atmosphere or allow it to come into contact with unclean hands , surfaces or equipment before returning it to the freezer — you will be at risk of freezing in any contamination . |
| 6 | Always close the doors at one end before opening them at the other , unless the wind is very light , and never leave both ends open in case a wind springs up later in the day . |
| 7 | He smiled , taking a last draw on the cigarette before tossing it over the rail . |
| 8 | Now he was naked too beside her and making pantomime bows to his guests before launching himself into the night . |
| 9 | If you wish to make Abbeylink deposits you must use the official envelopes provided by us and ensure that the envelope is properly sealed before depositing it in the Abbeylink machine . |
| 10 | She goes quiet again and takes one last draw from the cigarette before stubbing it into the ashtray . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | Crawling over , Trent pulled his small matt-black throwing-knife out of the man 's throat , cleaning the blade before replacing it in the sheath between his shoulder-blades . |
| 13 | The medics met the plane and gave him plasma etc right there in the radio room before transporting him to the hospital . |
| 14 | The spring should be cleaned before inserting it into the pipe and a long piece of string attached to the loop on the bending spring . |
| 15 | The ultimate accolade caps a dramatic rise for Platt who was rejected by Manchester United before establishing himself in the game with Crewe , then joining Taylor at Aston Villa and then going onto Juventus via Bari . |
| 16 | Finally they were outside , and Luke took her hand , kissing her quickly before urging her across the road to the car park and into his car . |
| 17 | He did not imagine Randolph Henry Ash , his pen moving rapidly across the paper , but he did have the thought of the pads of the long-dead fingers which had held and folded these half-covered sheets , before preserving them in the book , instead of jettisoning them . |
| 18 | Leave the boiled water for 10sec before pouring it onto the coffee . |
| 19 | It is a skilled exercise which needs careful instruction and supervision before attempting it on the approach with full airbrake . |
| 20 | Facing page : I made this bow shape from a length of velvet ribbon before fixing it to the wall and the back of the oval frame . |
| 21 | Use a spirit level to ensure that the glazed sheet is horizontal before fixing it to the barge board with stainless steel screws 300mm apart . |
| 22 | COOK 'S TIP : Always break the bay leaves before adding them to the pan otherwise most of their flavour will be trapped and they will be of no benefit to the casserole . |
| 23 | You should dechlorinate the water in a suitable container before adding it to the pond . |
| 24 | Reverse osmosis units for freshwater fish are all very well , but many fishkeepers who use them are forced to mix the water obtained with raw tapwater before adding it to the tank , simply because they can not afford the expense of a separate carbon filter . |
| 25 | The man ordered her out of the car at Farley Mount and then bound her 23-year-old boyfriend before forcing him into the car 's boot . |
| 26 | The man ordered her out of the car at Farley Mount late on Tuesday night and then bound her 23year-old boyfriend before forcing him into the car 's boot , which he locked . |
| 27 | The position of the old inn made it attractive to wealthy friends of Royalty , wishing to change their clothes before presenting themselves to the monarch at Windsor . |
| 28 | Stonier and Conlin point out that , " A word processor allows the student the opportunity of correcting their own work before presenting it to the teacher as a finished product " . |
| 29 | This was Rosalind Hatch — Roz — and she greeted Cowley coolly , but courteously , before leading him through the house and into the rear garden . |
| 30 | The hypothesis can be tested , in an attempt to falsify it , by plugging the ears of bats before releasing them into the test laboratory . |