Example sentences of "[verb] before [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She should be up to date with her vaccinations , and should be swabbed before going to the stud — vet 's visit plus consultation and advice , the swab , postage , lab fees — see how it adds up ? |
| 2 | The opening chapter gives an in-depth and simple to understand account of all you need to know before taking to the water . |
| 3 | Therefore , previous ultrasound experience is recommended before starting with the Piezolith 2300 . |
| 4 | The couple were wined and dined before retiring to a plush suite for Valentine 's night . |
| 5 | He did this , presumably , to ensure that the solutions were thoroughly mixed before proceeding to the next dilution . |
| 6 | He was playing in a match at Windsor Great Park when , after stretching for a ball , he was seen to wince before going to the side of the field to lie down . |
| 7 | MONDAY : First a stop at the tiny island of Antipaxos with time to enjoy watersports , then on to Lefkas , with time for exploring and swimming before partying in the evening . |
| 8 | Altering the diet is also far more risky for a child than it is for an adult , so there are more difficult decisions to be made before embarking on an elimination diet . |
| 9 | But what one now sees belongs chiefly to the centuries of this book , the great church to the tenth and eleventh centuries , the atrium before it — though in form and function preserving the great courtyard of an early Christian basilica , where clergy and laity met before processing into the church for solemn eucharist — is of the early twelfth . |
| 10 | Mr Howell said no legal opinion had been sought before entering into the transactions , although a council memo suggested that visits should be made to other local authorities . |
| 11 | If this is done before passing through a settling tank . |
| 12 | Such consensus was originally explained as the product of a distinct personality which members of the police either possessed before coming to the force or quickly develop as a result of the job ( for a survey of the literature on this see Adlam 1981 ) . |
| 13 | Select the ones you can achieve before graduating to the more strenuous ones . |
| 14 | He said a pollution control chamber , into which all water from the road flowed before discharging into the river Kennett , collected any spillages from vehicles involved in accidents . |
| 15 | Politicians should hesitate before reaching for the handy ‘ blame television ’ solution . |
| 16 | Perform a cost-benefit analysis : identify intangible and tangible benefits and costs before putting in the required resources . |
| 17 | Suddenly we are no longer human , we 're some desperate machine crashing and pumping before exploding through the room . |
| 18 | Spittals barked before pausing for a reply . |
| 19 | Indeed , all the experiences that we have had before coming to the House influence us . |
| 20 | It is doubtful if anything remotely striking will be forthcoming as regards either ISDN or OSI in the two years remaining before dawning of the brave new communicative continent in 1992 . |
| 21 | There they rested before continuing in a slow trickle of delicious sensation to the neck of her blouse . |
| 22 | This chapter is therefore an invitation of sorts — an invitation to pause before plunging into the specific issues that follow and to consider some of the broader questions about the nature of education management . |
| 23 | She was heard to pause before going into the bathroom , the latch of which gave its distinctive click . |
| 24 | I had nothing much to do before reporting to the banker at four o'clock . |
| 25 | ‘ Looking to the future further controls on mercury ought to follow the path it takes before accumulating in the fish . |
| 26 | Keating , speaking before leaving on a two-week trip to the United States and Europe , said he would certainly touch on the republic issue in his talks with the Queen , but his views would be no surprise to her . |
| 27 | Perhaps he should have watched Robert Bresson 's A Man Escaped before embarking on the picture . |
| 28 | Likewise suppose the corporation propose to increase the number of taxicabs from 300 to 350 or 400 or more : it is the duty of the corporation to hear those affected before coming to a decision adverse to their interests . |
| 29 | In use the banding clamp is adjusted before gluing to a diameter slightly larger than that of the assembled segments . |
| 30 | He spent three years at Charing Cross Hospital School of Nursing before qualifying as a Registered General Nurse in 1983 . |