Example sentences of "before [v-ing] down to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think so , because I checked the door later before going down to the village , and it was locked then , and the key was in my purse . ’ |
| 2 | Benjamin insisted that we shave , wash and change our linen and doublets before going down to the hall . |
| 3 | As soon as he was able , Lucien began to exercise every day before going down to the refectory for breakfast with Ketura and Sydel . |
| 4 | Smith said that some of the reporters had been drinking before getting down to the job of covering the fight ; Hearn is considering litigation . |
| 5 | Having defined the size of the board the next stage is to consider the circuit and the components themselves , before getting down to the job of designing the copper track pattern itself . |
| 6 | This time we planned to take in two other Munros on the northern ridge of the corrie , Carn Liath and Stob Poite Coire Ardair , before dropping down to the window and back up on to Creag Meagaidh 's vast plateau . |
| 7 | He grabs the top edge with his hands , thumps the face of the buttress several times with his feet and then does the same thing on the other side of the buttress with his hands before springing down to the ground . |
| 8 | Cats do often pause after catching their prey and momentarily release what they imagine is a corpse before settling down to the business of eating it . |