Example sentences of "before [v-ing] [pron] [noun] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The society is in gridlock and people snatch fitfully at such symbols before realising their inadequacy to the situation . |
| 2 | Ahead , I could see the twin towers of the Severn Bridge , beneath which the two rivers meet before completing their journey to the sea . |
| 3 | DeVore turned briefly to smile at Berdichev before returning his attention to the scene on the other side of the one-way mirror that took up the whole of one wall of the study . |
| 4 | as if aware of her dilemma , Rune glanced briefly at her before returning his attention to the road ahead . |
| 5 | He was dead , and she drew the sheet over his face before turning her attention to the next . |
| 6 | In the Grammar Laski , before turning his attention to the issue of sovereignty , commenced his analysis , significantly , with an examination of the purpose of social organization and suggested that , when viewed purposively , the State ‘ becomes an organisation for enabling the mass of men to realise social good on the largest possible scale ’ . |
| 7 | Huy wondered whether that eldest daughter , who worked as Reni 's secretary , had helped him destroy the documents he drew up during Akhenaten 's reign , which would have given such priceless ammunition to his enemies , before turning his attention to the newcomers . |
| 8 | In 1981 , he became an administrator at the publishing company Hachette before expanding his interest to the Filipacchi group in 1984 . |
| 9 | She led him to the bedroom , and spreadeagled him on the bed before tying his wrists to the iron headrest . |
| 10 | He gave me a final incredulous look before quickening his steps to the head of the column . |
| 11 | No one appeared as he drew up and , before lifting his hand to the bell , he paused to read the words of a stone plaque embedded in the flints to the right of the door . |
| 12 | A shoal of stout brown fish swam round and round in circles in a ghostly saraband before making their way to the entrance to the stream . |
| 13 | As the days became warmer they would go to the pond to feed the ducks and then along to the terraced rose gardens before making their way to the nearby swings and roundabouts in the small enclosed area . |
| 14 | Quietly , competently , she shut up her flat before making her way to the Underground to catch the tube to Heathrow . |
| 15 | After the attack he was dumped outside the barracks before making his way to the Royal Cambridge Military Hospital in the town where he was treated for severe bruising to his head and body . |
| 16 | He waited until the Audi Coupe had merged with the evening traffic before making his way to the restaurant . |
| 17 | The Rampur Nawabs served the Mughal rulers in Delhi , before transferring their allegiance to the British East India Company . |