Example sentences of "[noun] before [v-ing] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He switched on the light before holding up the picture for Wycliffe 's inspection . |
| 2 | This continuity existed among both employers and employees in many cases so that there are many farmers ' sons who also had to ‘ serve their time ’ alongside the hired labour force before taking over the farm and many elderly farm workers who can remember instructing their current employer in the ways of the farm when he was a small boy . |
| 3 | Later the same afternoon he claimed cutlass , E4 6b which follows the grooved arête left of Sgian Dubh before finishing up the crackline right of The Peeler . |
| 4 | McLachlan then had a brief spell working in the pharmaceutical industry before taking over the practice of Cecil H. Cribb , public analyst and consultant . |
| 5 | Naked running was not unknown in the Dales and Pennines , where the locals would strip down to their shoes before leaping down the hills and fells . |
| 6 | Past Bracken Hill beyond Out Brough I looked down at Bainbridge snoozing in the sun before dropping down the last half-mile to the green and the Post Office for something to still the dust . |
| 7 | Features , like seams and folds , should be marked for visual effects before taking up the chisel , as inaccuracies can not be corrected once a deep gouge or V-tool has been used . |
| 8 | Even so you may still want to get some more vocabulary before making out the check lists . |
| 9 | That surprised him , and he paused a moment before putting back the sheet . |
| 10 | This is a very nasty rip-off trick to play on the unsuspecting public as a petrol crank will last until well out of the guarantee period before giving up the unequal struggle . |
| 11 | Additionally , if you have received treatment or advice for a medical condition during the 2 years before taking up the Hospital Income Plan , your cover for the condition commences after you have been insured for 24 months or if you are admitted to hospital for that condition during this period then as soon after the 24 months as you have been free of in-patient treatment for 12 months . |
| 12 | Holidaymakers contemplating taking their diesel estate cars to the Dordogne or Brittany this summer would do well to wait until they drive off the cross-Channel ferry before topping up the tank . |
| 13 | Care must be taken to remove the tommy bar from the collet before switching on the motor — it is all too easy to forget , and the result is a worn motor . |
| 14 | Graham waited until the two men were seated in the cafeteria before moving down the platform to the freight car . |
| 15 | Please read the notes before filling in the application form on pages 3 and 4 . |
| 16 | He picked the clothes up off the floor and put them away in the wardrobe , and found the President a clean pair of slacks and a shirt before sweeping up the broken glass . |
| 17 | Not by cheating … but if it meant trimming the petals with a pair of scisasors ten minutes before walking out the hall and the judge wo n't notice it … |
| 18 | Sarella lay fuming in bed for a few minutes before flinging back the duvet and running to the window . |
| 19 | These include open discussion with all staff before drawing up the policy , three months ’ advance warning of proposed changes , and a working party made up of both smokers and non-smokers to seek out and respond to the staff 's views . |
| 20 | We hung up and I lit a cigarette before switching on the radio . |
| 21 | He showed them into the lounge and drew the threadbare curtains before switching on the light . |
| 22 | Ten minutes later Mr Mac himself arrived , blasting his big Kawasaki into the yard before strolling down the quay to cast his sceptical gaze at Wavebreaker . |
| 23 | Please take a look in your own back yard before pointing out the mess in others ' . |
| 24 | Many people practice relaxation techniques , take a long soak in a bath of warm ( not hot or cold ) water , or have a quiet read in bed before turning out the light . |
| 25 | I always join one shoulder seam before cutting out the front and back sections , then finish off with a sandwich neck-band that will stretch and look good . |
| 26 | Comb from tip to root , working out the knots at the end before moving up the hair . |
| 27 | Cross a field and take the track towards New Barn Farm before heading down the footpath on the left signed Chillerton . |
| 28 | When she was castaway on Radio 4 's Desert Island Discs — a year before taking over the show — Sue told the then presenter Michael Parkinson that the luxury she would want on the island would be an endless supply of clean sheets and an iron . |
| 29 | Wait until first flowers have set fruit before planting out the peppers . |
| 30 | FIG claims that Kevin saw his doctor with backache before taking out the policy and despite letters from his doctor , refused to budge until TODAY became involved . |