Example sentences of "[noun pl] before [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tomorrow they 'll be free to roam Fantasyland , Adventureland and all the other Lands and try the attractions before gathering for the big gala in the evening . |
| 2 | Phil Leigh set off on a mazy run , negotiating numerous tackles before crossing from the byeline to Wagstaff who found the net . |
| 3 | Many of these occur in the Cambrian — it is as if the echinoderms tried out various designs before settling for the successful models that mostly survive today . |
| 4 | Marion and her son had an agreeable high tea of poached eggs on toast , tea and cakes , went for a little walk along Old Compton Street and bought some gorgonzola and a pound of cherries before returning to the theatre for the evening show ; he was allowed to watch the first act from the wings before making his way back to Putney on his own . |
| 5 | He was shivering , and fumbled in his bedroll for a cloak , which he pulled about his shoulders before crouching beside the fire once more . |
| 6 | She shuddered , then slipped the shirt around her bare shoulders before heading towards the landing . |
| 7 | These should be discussed by both parties before entering into the relationship . |
| 8 | The fans absolutely loved him and would throng the terraces to witness his extrovert pre-match warm-up sessions , in which he entertained and even amused the supporters before returning to the dressing-room as mud-stained and soiled as if he had been playing in a game . |
| 9 | Grace Downey started her ironing service business ‘ The Hot Press ’ several months before participating in the course , and now enjoys a flourishing trade at her Waterside home workshop . |
| 10 | He intended to stay six months before returning to the secure family practice . |
| 11 | I 'd found the candle-making kit in the cupboard under the stairs five or six years ago , and experimented with the colours and consistencies for months before hitting on the idea of using the wax as a wasp-prison . |
| 12 | THERE was a somewhat disturbing influence of life imitating art at San Quentin prison last month when Robert Alton Harris chose his last words before going to the gas chamber . |
| 13 | The fact is that the Company accumulated profits in reserves before embarking on the building of Churston maintenance shed of which the article makes mention . |
| 14 | Cave Squigs were unleashed upon the Dwarfs , but several were killed by Troll Slayers while others ran wild snapping at the Night Goblins , biting off limbs and heads before vanishing into the mountains . |
| 15 | However , if raising of /a/ is so well established in BV velar environments , the tendency to front-raising may formerly have been present in both BV and EModE in other environments also , receding from these environments before receding from the velars . |
| 16 | There he said a final set of prayers before departing to the heavens . |
| 17 | It 's worth checking your feet before retiring for the night . |
| 18 | Flashman 's wife Helen , the company secretary , helped winch him to his feet before going into the meeting , flanked by club secretary Brian Ayres and a team of legal experts . |
| 19 | Some were immediately picked up by the demons , whilst others managed again and again to risk their lives before falling to the persistent attacks of the creatures from hell . |
| 20 | Smooth and fit the icing around the corners before smoothing down the sides . |
| 21 | Then we would sail south to Easter Island to explore the mysterious statues before going to the mutineers ' refuge on Pitcairn Island . |
| 22 | The orchestra finish the first half of the programme with Mendelssohn 's String Symphony No 11 in F. The Priory Singers , under their director Harry Grindle , perform some unaccompanied choral pieces before joining with the Ensemble for Schubert 's Mass in G major — perfect music for the perfect acoustic of the Elmwood Hall . |
| 23 | After a short incubation period the fertilized eggs transform into medusa — tiny pear-shaped animals with rapidly beating hair-like cilia which are then released into the water and have a limited ability to swim and survive among the plankton for a few days before settling on the sea bed . |
| 24 | Alex Cockburn , later to work for Black Dwarf and 7 Days before decamping to the States and a 1970s career on Village Voice , provided a somewhat withdrawn interview with the New Statesman 's then right-wing socialist editor Paul Johnson . |
| 25 | He said Sigsworth had been on a drinking binge for several days before going to the police station . |
| 26 | He had been unsuccessfully trying to off-load the de Kooning to the New York trade for several days before going on the make his bid for Le Miroir . |
| 27 | He then appeared in a few Austrian films before fleeing from the Nazis in the late 1930s . |
| 28 | The DES also believed that the colleges of education should seek validation from the universities before turning to the CNAA . |
| 29 | Regimes incorporating anthelmintic control recommend treatment of sows and gilts 1-2 weeks before putting to the boar , and again 1-2 weeks before farrowing . |
| 30 | The worst affected was a 1935 Lagonda tourer which had been stored in a barn for some years before passing into the Museum 's hands . |