Example sentences of "before [v-ing] [adv prt] into [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The narrow fissure stretched some twenty-five feet into the cliff before opening up into the tiny cave . |
| 2 | Nield , from Cheshire , joined up as a boy in a junior leaders battalion before passing out into the Royal Engineers . |
| 3 | At first he will be greatly praised by his people , before sinking down into the dark pit of sin and pride . |
| 4 | Pupils are receiving occult teaching , and are studying the science of life — before going out into the larger world to relieve the stress of humanity , to teach mankind the Divine Wisdom , God 's Plan for the World , Evolution — to bring happiness to the unhappy , peace to the warring , and the only true happiness is found through service and brotherhood . |
| 5 | ‘ You Be My Friend ’ is more flailing fun , with farting guitar from grotesque Manics reject , Crispin , and ‘ Pink Flower ’ begins rabidly before drifting off into the Eeky Squeaky Ooky Kooky Land where the other songs — and I use the term out of tradition rather than fact — live . |
| 6 | Following her normal routine , she had changed out of her show glitter back into a long and relatively modest black evening dress before slipping back into the main section of the club . |
| 7 | A friend treated her to a pukkah drinks-dispensing butler who asked if he might make a personal remark before teetering off into the small hours . |
| 8 | At least one species of African bushbaby , for example , cups its hands and urinates upon them before setting off into the African night . |
| 9 | We 're not good at anything else , ’ he says , before disappearing back into the infernal noise . |