Example sentences of "[noun sg] 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | Even so you may still want to get some more vocabulary before making out the check lists . |
| 7 | That surprised him , and he paused a moment before putting back the sheet . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Graham waited until the two men were seated in the cafeteria before moving down the platform to the freight car . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | We hung up and I lit a cigarette before switching on the radio . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Please take a look in your own back yard before pointing out the mess in others ' . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Comb from tip to root , working out the knots at the end before moving up the hair . |
| 19 | Cross a field and take the track towards New Barn Farm before heading down the footpath on the left signed Chillerton . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Check spelling and grammar on the copy before filling in the real form . |
| 23 | Doing Ophelia on stage before taking up the BBC contract meant that I went there with a little track record — I 'd been blooded , if you like , and it made the whole thing a lot better . |