Example sentences of "[adv] before [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course Elmer Rice 's play had been censored and toned down before coming to the screen but Photoplay still needed to ask whether ‘ the public really wants a true cross-section of life presented as it actually happens ’ . |
| 2 | In other cases , an attack can be linked to another infection , such as Thrush , but it can be as simple as ‘ holding on ’ too long before going to the lavatory , or wearing tight fitting trousers or underwear — creating the warm , moist atmosphere germs love . |
| 3 | So before moving to the particular let's see if we can draw some general conclusions regarding degree and timing . |
| 4 | They set off down the passage and the assistant sealed them in before returning to the shop . |
| 5 | They had eaten a snack together before coming to the hotel . |
| 6 | Back then , I 'd watch Tonight before heading to the West End to play in Roar Like A Dove . |
| 7 | Sir Jack Hayward who is also the club 's president announced the reward just before flying to the Bahamas . |
| 8 | Shirley , 54 , took a year off before returning to the stage . |
| 9 | And so they returned to the kitchen again ; and after the meal was put on the table Aggie went through the other room and from the door yelled , ‘ Ben ! ’ just the once before returning to the kitchen . |
| 10 | Think of the prospect of John Major lining up at the London Marathon , or Neil Kinnnock limbering up before taking to the squash courts . |
| 11 | More awkward still , since Laura was not on board , he was obliged to lock up before going to the office , and had to wait on board , with his brief-case and umbrella , determinedly not listening , while Nenna went down to the saloon . |
| 12 | The opening paragraph of The Autocar 's November 1965 test of a privately owned car ( to much the same spec as our example ) read : ‘ Few readers indeed will get this far before turning to the data page which follows , for the name of AC Cobra is synonymous with performance . |
| 13 | He tried once or twice before hopping to the farmhouse , wincing in pain whenever he jolted the injured ankle . |
| 14 | This year Jenna was going on holiday with Glyn , a fact which brought a twinkle to the bright eye of her scheming neighbour Shirley , but they were not lovers , no matter what Shirley thought , and Jenna had pondered long and hard before agreeing to the holiday . |
| 15 | As that ability was still , in 1880 , much more purely a matter of armies and navies than it was later to become , it is worth while to consider them briefly before turning to the diplomatic story . |
| 16 | These two passages should be read again and again before returning to the rest of the text , which is illuminated by them ; and it then becomes clear that the poem is a work of theory , and not a simple narrative of fact . |
| 17 | In the seventh century in the Arabian deserts to the east a new message , that of Islam , arose and went out northwards before turning to the west into north Africa . |