Example sentences of "[pron] before [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was also a straight and direct access route by way of a corridor in the middle of the West Wing , whereas at Knossos there was a long and circuitous route by way of the Procession Corridor , which doubles back on itself before arriving at the southern end of the Central Court ; the Phaistos entrance seems closer in spirit to the more direct west-east access corridor of the Knossos First Temple . |
| 2 | He looked very worried and nodded respectfully to the three of them before leaning over the bed , concern evident on his face . |
| 3 | Return to any parts that cause residual difficulties and repeat them before moving to the second objective . |
| 4 | Opposition Members should study them before going into the Committee . |
| 5 | Check that the fascia boards are worth repairing : if they have started to rot , you will have to replace them before starting on the guttering . |
| 6 | McDunn glances back at me before stopping at the phone and nodding down at it . |
| 7 | The last I saw of Jordi was when he turned his head towards me before getting into the car , smiled , and gave a shrug . |
| 8 | Yet I still believe what I said to Martinho , as he cocked his blind head towards me before talking of the hand of God : there 's always someone else who 'll step forward . |
| 9 | But Faye had already turned to the thick , creamy frontispiece to check for herself before leafing through the rest of the volume . |
| 10 | ‘ Modern mattress , ’ he told her before proceeding with the more pleasurable task of nibbling her ear . |
| 11 | Judy was at the reception desk and Fran smiled at her before tapping on the door and entering the boardroom . |
| 12 | Charles smiled at her before moving to the centre of the room . |
| 13 | Incidents directed against members of the government also occurred , and Prime Minister Edith Cresson on Oct. 21 ordered ministers to seek clearance with her before travelling to the provinces . |
| 14 | She glanced at the brief details on the card Jill handed to her before smiling at the man . |
| 15 | Some of the delay is inevitably due to the way in which the applicant , having been through the preliminary investigation and the visit from the occupational therapist , considers the scheme proposed for him before proceeding to the formal application stage . |
| 16 | Susan had looked up as she felt his glance and had smiled towards him before moving to the group by the window . |
| 17 | He glanced briefly about him before continuing along the scattered fringe of trees that girdled it . |
| 18 | He gathered in the tarpaulin as a yachtsman might a spinnaker and dumped it behind him before peering into the semi-darkness . |
| 19 | To make the best use of the program it is necessary to understand what you wish to achieve , and how to achieve it before embarking on the coding . |
| 20 | The only horrible memory of the nineteen fifties that even today makes me wince was that teaspoonful of cod liver oil followed by the concentrated orange juice that was spooned on us before leaving for the school in the morning and off you went with your flask of tea and your sandwiches in your school bag . |