Example sentences of "[adv] before [verb] on the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I am not satisfied with my works to date , and from now on I want to take a new path ’ , so Beethoven allegedly confessed not long before embarking on the three sonatas of Op. 31 , here introduced into the CD catalogue as a set played on a fortepiano ( by Derek Adlam after Anton Walter , Vienna ; Nannette Streicher , Vienna 1815 ) . |
2 | We bathed our feet deliciously before sprawling on the soft mossy bank in the drying heat of the sun . |
3 | But at least everyone will be able to see just how much water they are using , even to the extent of checking the meter just before turning on the sprinkler , and then switching off when the dial shows enough water has been sprayed to cover the lawn or vegetable patch . |
4 | He swam around in the cold plunge for five minutes to close his pores , then towelled himself vigorously before jumping on the scales in the rest room . |
5 | As Coleman had been at pains to point this out before taking on the DEA assignment , he could hardly disagree , but the risk had seemed acceptable at the time and he had taken particular care to underline his academic credentials whenever he met Hurley 's people . |
6 | Yet before deciding on the implications of this it is worth examining the texts of the other jurists . |