Example sentences of "[vb pp] before [verb] to 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 | He did this , presumably , to ensure that the solutions were thoroughly mixed before proceeding to the next dilution . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | Indeed , all the experiences that we have had before coming to the House influence us . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He waited until the cloud had settled before returning to the keg to peer inside . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Thus single-length elements require no manipulation ; double-length elements require the index quantity to be shifted one bit position left before adding to the vector base address ; half-length elements require a right shift , with the bit shifted out used to select the appropriate half-word . |
| 10 | Crumpling the envelope in her hand , she tossed it into the fire , watching intently while it blackened and burned before returning to the single sheet of cheap paper . |
| 11 | Wu himself spent 19 years incarcerated ( for expressing ‘ counter-revolutionary ’ opinion ) , beaten , tortured and starved before going to the United States as a visiting professor . |