Example sentences of "[noun] before returning [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marion and her son had an agreeable high tea of poached eggs on toast , tea and cakes , went for a little walk along Old Compton Street and bought some gorgonzola and a pound of cherries before returning to the theatre for the evening show ; he was allowed to watch the first act from the wings before making his way back to Putney on his own . |
| 2 | This is where I performed my gravity-defying experiments with the wind before returning to the cliff-top in the company of a couple of other walkers who , like me , were thoroughly enjoying these extraordinary conditions . |
| 3 | The fans absolutely loved him and would throng the terraces to witness his extrovert pre-match warm-up sessions , in which he entertained and even amused the supporters before returning to the dressing-room as mud-stained and soiled as if he had been playing in a game . |
| 4 | Later , these form complex accumulations of metres in the same key before returning to the central key … this accumulative process continues until the original key/metre associations are lost in an overall texture of harmonies and metres . ’ |
| 5 | He intended to stay six months before returning to the secure family practice . |
| 6 | She must have taken the letter straight to a photocopy shop after collecting it from the skip and then posted the copy to Zen before returning to the house , calculating that if the copy came to light each of the Milettis would equally be under suspicion . |
| 7 | I spent several years at the Institute before returning to the industry . |
| 8 | George 's merits were recognised within the game with a number of minor representative honours , and when he left us he had a spell with Millwall before returning to the Midlands to play for Kidderminster . |
| 9 | There 's an optional excursion around this historic town before returning to the boat for overnight berth . |
| 10 | The leader with the sad smile slid into 20 years of disgrace before returning to the political stage with the fall of communism in late 1989 . |
| 11 | When she finally came downstairs it was to find Carole insisting that , since this was their last night in the Hamptons before returning to the apartment in New York , she 'd arranged for them to have a romantic candle-lit dinner in their cottage . |
| 12 | This means that in the case of fish some of the blood must make two or three trips around the lung circuit , and some carbon-dioxide-bearing blood makes several trips round the body before returning to the heart . |
| 13 | He replaced the receiver then hurried back to the water 's edge where he gathered together his tackle before returning to the cabin to pack . |
| 14 | She showered , struggling not to weep , and slipped on her emerald robe before returning to the lounge . |
| 15 | Tajan will then auction a choice of the best works at the Sporting d'hiver in Monaco on 13 and14 March before returning to the villa to sell the remainder in situ over the following four days . |
| 16 | A clear-cut modulation like this from F to B flat , and a little later through C to G before returning to the tonic was still unusual in the mid-seventeenth century . |
| 17 | Your first attempts afloat will be controlled by the instructor who will allow you to practise the new techniques before returning to the simulator for coaching . |
| 18 | The first section of this , before reaching the viaduct , is a springboard for a circular tour of the Batty Green Holes , visiting in particular Roger Kirk Cave , Cuddy Gill Pot and Runscar Caves before returning to the road . |
| 19 | She waited until they were out of sight before returning to the shed . |
| 20 | She had a degree in Romance languages from Wellesley and after doing her postgraduate work at the Sorbonne she had travelled extensively across Europe before returning to the States where she was recruited by the FBI , specializing in the use of firearms . |
| 21 | For those who were dismayed by the threatened collapse of the ruling class in central and eastern Europe and the rise of the Labour party and extension of the franchise in Britain , anti-semitic conspiracy theories of history , particularly as outlined in the Protocols of the Elders of Zion , were to gain a momentary influence in polite society before returning to the political underworld . |
| 22 | Cutaways are a means of bridging jump-cuts , that is interruptions or discontinuities in the action , by briefly cutting to some related subject before returning to the main subject . |
| 23 | Turning inland again , we paused at Nadur church before returning to the sea at Hondoq . |
| 24 | They were joined by a party of Anzacs , who were on the last day of their leave before returning to the desert . |
| 25 | Miss Danziger thanked the Colonel for his concerned attention , indicating her desire not to take the conversation further and her intention to visit the cloakroom before returning to the Hall . |
| 26 | The more normal ‘ indirect ’ system has two water circuits : a primary circuit which is heated in the boiler and then circulates to a heat-exchange unit inside the hot water cylinder before returning to the boiler to be reheated ; and a second circuit which runs from the boiler to the radiators . |
| 27 | Just before Marsworth a four mile circular walk leaves the canal at Watery Lane , follows a short section of the Grand Union Canal proper going north before returning across the fields to the car park at Startop 's End Reservoir . |
| 28 | I could see him thumb through several papers before returning to the counter with a single sheet ; he made no attempt to invite me in or even to offer me a chair . |
| 29 | Follow the red woodpecker symbol to the ancient Church Path Oak and along the edge of Salcey lawn before returning to the car park . |