Example sentences of "[noun sg] before [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the afternoons , she must always be home at 4.30 — so that the carer can take her to the lavatory before leaving for the day . |
| 2 | Manager Trevor Francis sealed the deal before leaving for a family holiday in Florida . |
| 3 | I find that autumn-sown oats or rye ripen early and often allow me to squeeze in a catch crop of oats or rye after the main harvest to be grazed in the late autumn and spring before ploughing for roots . |
| 4 | Catch crops are usually sown in late summer or early autumn immediately after harvest , for grazing in early winter and again in the spring before ploughing for the next main crop . |
| 5 | Fry said his farewells to the players who regarded him as a father figure before heading for home in Bedford a devastated man . |
| 6 | There seems to be no reason why the attempts to serve the defendant before applying for substituted service on his insurers or MIB should not be by post , but it is probably safer to try personal service . |
| 7 | Balfour would say that Austen Chamberlain should be sent for ; and , according to Birkenhead , Balfour thought that this was ‘ the right course to pursue as it gave the King one other alternative before sending for Ramsay MacDonald ’ . |
| 8 | His arm aloft , he paraded through the Brighton conference hall before signalling for calm . |
| 9 | Being Ireland , they ended up by eating three teas , then roared out to a singing pub in Howth , then went for a major curry before returning for a ‘ little party ’ in a student house . |
| 10 | So if you would usually start the programme with the address from the mayor at 9.30am , consider having the mayor speak at a breakfast at 8am and then give everyone a two-hour break from 11am to have a sight-seeing walk or shopping session before returning for lunch . |
| 11 | The right hand side of this equation is known as the net marginal revenue , the net increase in wealth before accounting for the transfer-in price . |
| 12 | Noel Birch , 37 , was also ordered to spend 60 days on an alcohol education programme , and to take a driving test before reapplying for a licence . |
| 13 | Erm , she 's lived most of her life in the Cambridge and Northampton area but she 's spent six months down in Plymouth , and erm , her previous job before working for T N T was she actually helped set up a baby unit in a private nursery , but claimed she only prefers other people 's children . |
| 14 | We had time to look round the shop before leaving for our BR train , whither Graham , his daughter Sue and her daughters escorted us . |
| 15 | Apply setting lotion or hairspray before curling for added control |
| 16 | Mr Anderson has been using the case to support his argument for a change in the law to allow suppliers to recover goods supplied to a customer who goes out of business before paying for them . |
| 17 | We bought containers and fuel and returned to the airport , where we strained the fuel for water before departing for Kupang , on the island of Timor . |
| 18 | In either case the problem for X is the same , namely what is X 's position if Y Ltd. having taken delivery then becomes insolvent and goes into liquidation before paying for the goods ? |
| 19 | But he managed to speed out of the line of fire and drove a mile before calling for help . |
| 20 | That means their preliminary round opponents Linfield must wait until Thursday night before knowing for sure that they will play FC Copenhagen in the first round at Windsor Park next Wednesday . |
| 21 | As a junior nurse it is important that you receive extra instruction and practice under supervision before caring for these patients . |
| 22 | It is designed to help each applicant to make an informed decision before applying for a particular programme of study . |
| 23 | You can then apply a similar method to the second major piece of preparation before applying for a job : matching yourself to the job for which you might apply . |
| 24 | The developing finance function before Working for patients |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm sorry about your father , ’ Ross had told her one morning before leaving for work . |
| 26 | It will loiter in the London area for a week before heading for the rest of Britain . |
| 27 | IAN RUSH reached yet another milestone in his record-breaking career before calling for regular help to ease his scoring burden . |
| 28 | Jack was a native of Crook in County Durham and played for the local amateur side as a junior before signing for Newcastle at the age of 17 . |
| 29 | Marathon , which has mined the North Sea for 20 years , examined geological surveys of its Irish Sea block before applying for a licence . |
| 30 | Gina had once owned a wedding ring , but had chucked it at him in an early quarrel before disappearing for days . |