Example sentences of "before going [adv prt] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 A land-based board mounted on a turntable device which is used to teach the basics before going on to the water .
2 That evening the Parsons were meeting friends for an early meal before going on to the opera .
3 She was visiting her mother before going on to the hospital to feed the baby .
4 Make it a rule always to check with the scorekeeper before going on to the area .
5 Lindsey was still breathing hard as she strode through hospital reception , with an effort managing to smile at the small group of people sitting there before going through to the consulting-room and flinging her jacket on to the nearest chair .
6 When Robert came up , before going through to the dressing-room he rang for brandy .
7 It was the last of his nightly chores and he looked around once more to make certain that he had not forgotten anything before going up to the room where his young wife was resting .
8 One night when his parents were out David returned to the scene ; as expected everything was quiet not even a walker with a dog was passing through , David cautiously approached the old hut , he peered through a crack in the battens before going round to the door which to his surprise was ajar .
9 One lady remembered the processions to the Preaching Cross in Towngate , where there would be a short address before going back to the church .
10 On washing day I fill a bucket half full of very hot water and add my cup of soap powder before going back to the house for breakfast .
11 He waited until he could no longer see the reflection of her candle , before going back to the dining room .
12 I suppose it must have been because a string of boyfriends seemed quite willing to spend their last penny on her before going off to the front .
13 You will have had a bath before going along to the morning service of Chiropody , so the problem will not arise .
14 He was also the most relaxed of batsmen , often having been asleep in the dressing-room before going out to the middle .
15 ‘ 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 . ’
16 Benjamin insisted that we shave , wash and change our linen and doublets before going down to the hall .
17 As soon as he was able , Lucien began to exercise every day before going down to the refectory for breakfast with Ketura and Sydel .
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