Example sentences of "before [v-ing] it [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The contractors take it away and dilute it before spreading it thinly on the soil . ’ |
| 2 | She took trouble with her hair , and bathed her face regularly in cold water before rubbing it well with the towel . |
| 3 | Dundee did deservedly edge in front in the 12th minute when Gary McKeown curled in a cross from the right and defender Gary Paterson was allowed to chest the ball down before hooking it high into the net . |
| 4 | The giant Sikh 's muscles bunched , the veins stood out on his throat and temples , his eyes bulged , and somehow he heaved the great iron bell into the air and swung it back and forth three times , making the walls sing and tremble , before silencing it again on the pulsing floor . |
| 5 | We would increase the public sector borrowing requirement for the first two years before reducing it sharply for the rest of our term of office to balance the books over five years . |