Example sentences of "[verb] before [verb] [prep] the " 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 | He did this , presumably , to ensure that the solutions were thoroughly mixed before proceeding to the next dilution . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | Select the ones you can achieve before graduating to the more strenuous ones . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Politicians should hesitate before reaching for the handy ‘ blame television ’ solution . |
| 13 | Perform a cost-benefit analysis : identify intangible and tangible benefits and costs before putting in the required resources . |
| 14 | Suddenly we are no longer human , we 're some desperate machine crashing and pumping before exploding through the room . |
| 15 | Indeed , all the experiences that we have had before coming to the House influence us . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | She was heard to pause before going into the bathroom , the latch of which gave its distinctive click . |
| 19 | I had nothing much to do before reporting to the banker at four o'clock . |
| 20 | ‘ Looking to the future further controls on mercury ought to follow the path it takes before accumulating in the fish . |
| 21 | Perhaps he should have watched Robert Bresson 's A Man Escaped before embarking on the picture . |
| 22 | ‘ Some people just can not bear to come in second , ’ he said loudly enough to be heard before getting into the car , reversing it round and driving away . |
| 23 | They saw Cipollini , a winner five times this season , lead Abdoujaparov with 50 yards to go before veering across the road in a blatant attempt to block the approach of the Tashkent rider . |
| 24 | This is followed by a tour of the National Stud ; Mares and foals can be seen until the end of July ; the stallions are viewed and the routine of the Stud is fully explained before returning to the museum at approximately 1600 . |
| 25 | In a direct boiler system , the copper hot water cylinder ( or , in older installations , galvanised hot water tank ) is supplied with water from the cold water storage cistern ; the water then passes down to a heating boiler , back boiler ( behind a fire ) or gas circulator to be heated before returning to the hot water cylinder . |
| 26 | During the late afternoon others arrived ; some stayed , resting before climbing to the Flammes de Pierre to bivouac before the Bonatti Pillar . |
| 27 | And what about the scent of the bracken , the feel of the grassy bank we 're sitting on — to say nothing of those people over there who , like ourselves , are resting before climbing to the top ? ’ |
| 28 | This is a worthy guide which I will take care to read before alighting from the train at Aldershot station to begin what will be my tenth election campaign . |
| 29 | He waited until the cloud had settled before returning to the keg to peer inside . |
| 30 | The old men 's dayroom was converted into a casualty reception station , where the injured were brought before going to the wards or the operating theatre . |