Example sentences of "[vb infin] before [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before driving off , they threatened to kill his wife and young daughter if he did not wait before raising the alarm . |
| 2 | If possible , let the floor dry before putting the bed down again . |
| 3 | If possible , let the floor dry before putting the bed down again . |
| 4 | I do n't know whether there is a charge for this ; if there is , please would you let me know before sending the report as all expenditure has to be authorised by a meeting of the Parish Council . |
| 5 | To be able to design a complete garment , fabric and shape and see how it will look before knitting the garment is wonderful . |
| 6 | Erm I would hesitate before offering the chairman or the committee the contract , er the contract for Eurofighter actually runs to thirty four books and it stands about that high and er . |
| 7 | I had a further powerful incentive to learning the language , for SPG , the missionary society which supported me and thirty or more other missionaries in Burma , men and women , had a rule that no missionary could marry before passing the first two language examinations . |
| 8 | Author Andrea Adams suggests some further action you can take before approaching the boss . |
| 9 | I 'd die before admitting the way I feel . |
| 10 | At the end of a taxing day on Twistleton Scar in Yorkshire , I could not leave before crowning the day with an ascent of the notoriously polished Candle Crack — only to skid like a bemused Bambi on ice and slither to the rocky moorland beneath . |
| 11 | In large surf it is sometimes worth slowing down ad letting a large wave pass before attempting the gybe . |
| 12 | For example , over half of the participants ( 56 per cent ) did not know how many beers they could drink before reaching the legal limit for driving and well over two-thirds of them knew neither how long it took for alcohol to be burned up by the body ( 71 per cent ) nor what , if anything , was an effective way of sobering up ( 71 per cent ) . |
| 13 | I remembered I 'd had nothing to eat or drink before leaving the house , and thought how awful that I had n't even made Toby a cup of tea before obeying my impulse to run . |