Example sentences of "before [v-ing] [pron] [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On one of these dates , Wednesday 20 October , the Faculty of Science and Engineering is holding an Information Day , specifically for students wishing to visit departments at the science and engineering campus before finalising their application for a university place . |
| 2 | After plummeting more than 60 points on Tuesday , the Dow Jones index fell another 50 points in early trading yesterday before recovering its poise in the afternoon and closing 32.20 lower at 3181.35 . |
| 3 | GRAHAM TAYLOR yesterday announced that he 's ready to fly out to Rome to watch Paul Gascoigne before naming his team for the opening World Cup tie against Norway at Wembley . |
| 4 | The society is in gridlock and people snatch fitfully at such symbols before realising their inadequacy to the situation . |
| 5 | Ahead , I could see the twin towers of the Severn Bridge , beneath which the two rivers meet before completing their journey to the sea . |
| 6 | After training , he started work as an Axminster Weaver , eventually moving to a number of different departments before completing his service with the Darning department . |
| 7 | It had just been wiped by a sullen black woman in a nylon overall , from whom the sergeant tried in vain to extract a smile , and the police officers sat back to allow it to dry before resting their elbows on the surface . |
| 8 | A MAN told he had lung cancer gulped wine and valium before crashing his car into a tree . |
| 9 | We continued for a short distance before pitching our tents in the boulder strewn tundra now below the elegant , ice-fluted summit of Chonku Chuli . |
| 10 | She slid them softly to touch his lower lip as he kissed her , and gasped when he eased the pressure and bit gently against the tip of one finger before recapturing her mouth in a slow drugging kiss that seemed to go on forever . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | as if aware of her dilemma , Rune glanced briefly at her before returning his attention to the road ahead . |
| 13 | Before landing his role in the super-soap series , Nader was a model who made it into movies . |
| 14 | He paused only to smooth down his unruly black hair and tuck his vest into his pants before groping his way down the long dark corridor to the kitchen door . |
| 15 | In contrast , the government 's two senior legal advisers and the senior partner of a leading firm of society lawyers were so ignorant of this fact that it did not even enter their heads that it would be wise to make some enquiries before launching their client into a statement that could be , and indeed was , ruinous . |
| 16 | She spent £3,000 on driving lessons over four years before passing her test at the 29th attempt . |
| 17 | After a moment 's hesitation she lay back , plunging her head deep in the water before shampooing her hair with the gel , gasping as her wound smarted horribly . |
| 18 | Remembering what he had taught her , she commanded her eyes to meet his yet again before replacing her glass on the table . |
| 19 | Just as they planned , the couple set upon the unfortunate woman the following day , and beat her to death before pushing her body into the shallow pool . |
| 20 | Before expressing my views about the remaining issues , I think it helpful to set out shortly the general principles of law which are applicable to the Secretary of State 's decision-making process . |
| 21 | Debut 1986 v NZ Cavaliers but ignored for the NZ and Australia comeback games before regaining his place during the French tour . |
| 22 | A cold wind had picked up since she had arrived at the bar and she rubbed her arms quickly before picking her way through a sea of discarded newspaper to a metal drum and ducked down behind it , her eyes riveted on the door . |
| 23 | He was dead , and she drew the sheet over his face before turning her attention to the next . |
| 24 | 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 ’ . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Take very careful measurements before buying your replacement through a builders ' merchant or fireplace specialist . |
| 27 | The others went off to have a bite to eat before beginning their checks on the Sardinian shepherds they had picked out . |
| 28 | In 1981 , he became an administrator at the publishing company Hachette before expanding his interest to the Filipacchi group in 1984 . |
| 29 | ‘ In my own time we 've lost four cham always do so well before losing our way in the second half . |
| 30 | Rawson then bowled the next ball wide of the stumps before joining his team in a frantic dash for the pavilion . |