Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] before [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | George did not find it easy shooting Lennie and he hesitated to think before pulling the trigger , when the ranchmen emerged out of the bush . |
| 2 | How much smaller we had to estimate before cutting the tyre in the first place . |
| 3 | We had to wait before crossing the road . |
| 4 | Alice waited until after Jules had departed before raising the subject that was at the forefront of her mind . |
| 5 | Zen just had time to cross to the phone booth , dial the police emergency number and give the message he had prepared before boarding the bus as the doors were closing . |
| 6 | As abbot of Bec , Anselm had owed obedience to several superiors whose permission he had sought before accepting the archbishopric . |
| 7 | If Alexander II had died before ascending the throne , it is hard to believe that some Russian Fortinbras would have said he was " likely , had he been put on , to have proved most royal " . |
| 8 | It also has a detailed chapter on the handling of cross-wind landing gear that I 'll bet Peter Underhill wishes he had read before testing the Helio Courier in our March issue . |