Example sentences of "[adv] before [v-ing] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Patients were instructed to administer the enema once daily before retiring to bed and were warned that they may pass dark stools as a result of treatment . |
| 2 | Furious , he got up to complain to his neighbour , only to discover that it was his own dog which he had accidently shut outside before going to bed . |
| 3 | Bradl was originally in line only for an RS250 until the former manager of Honda Germany , Kazuaki Ueda , won his battle for an NSR shortly before returning to HQ in Japan . |
| 4 | Crush a sugar lump and add it to the brandy in which the raisins were soaked ; warm the mixture , set it alight and drizzle it over the pudding just before bringing to table . |
| 5 | If so , you need a winding-down time just before going to bed . |
| 6 | Ensure that you have some physical exercise during the day — although not just before going to bed or your heart/pulse rate will increase and you will find sleeping even more difficult . |
| 7 | Billy Rock who has Listowel in mind for his smart and successful chaser Joey Kelly runs the gelding on Monday and he will go again at the next Roscommon meeting a fortnight later before travelling to Listowel where he might be worth an investment in view of that Galway win in July . |
| 8 | Sixteen sentences which , said unhurriedly before going to sleep , will encourage a positive approach ( with acknowledgements to Dr Antony Waba ) : |
| 9 | Try to settle the puppy down here before going to bed . |
| 10 | Are you in the habit of eating or drinking immediately before going to bed ? |
| 11 | Unlike most scholars in the field , he was actually a trained architect , studying under the late Neo-classicist Albert Richardson , but he practised only briefly before turning to writing . |