Example sentences of "[vb pp] before [v-ing] [prep] 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 | Therefore , previous ultrasound experience is recommended before starting with the Piezolith 2300 . |
| 3 | He did this , presumably , to ensure that the solutions were thoroughly mixed before proceeding to the next dilution . |
| 4 | But what one now sees belongs chiefly to the centuries of this book , the great church to the tenth and eleventh centuries , the atrium before it — though in form and function preserving the great courtyard of an early Christian basilica , where clergy and laity met before processing into the church for solemn eucharist — is of the early twelfth . |
| 5 | Mr Howell said no legal opinion had been sought before entering into the transactions , although a council memo suggested that visits should be made to other local authorities . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | Indeed , all the experiences that we have had before coming to the House influence us . |
| 8 | ‘ Some people just can not bear to come in second , ’ he said loudly enough to be heard before getting into the car , reversing it round and driving away . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He waited until the cloud had settled before returning to the keg to peer inside . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The light beam , which can be polarized , or left unpolarized , is collimated before passing through the cell . |
| 14 | Wine destined as a reserve is fortified before going into the estufa . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Three years ago they would have hesitated before speaking against the Seven ; now — however covertly — they sanctioned armed rebellion . |
| 17 | The long extract , which is printed in the Critical Survey , p. 134 , should be studied before embarking on the vivid descriptions of the first two books of The Prelude ; it explains why the childhood memories are to be treasured . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |