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

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1 He felt for a pulse then , letting the gunman 's arm drop , he holstered the Browning before walking back slowly towards the doors .
2 It faded away for a few seconds before starting again as others joined it , their howls hanging eerily in the cold shadows of the trees of Regent 's Park , before dying down again among the bars and cages of London Zoo .
3 NebozĂ­zek seemed to be the only stop the funicular made before going on down to the bottom of the hill .
4 The figure stopped , turned towards , him and snarled something before moving off again at the same queer , shambling gait .
5 He sailed past the President 's beach house before coming over on to the other track .
6 The wolves yelped uncontrollably , throwing their riders into the mess before scampering off back to the hills their tails tucked firmly between their legs .
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