Example sentences of "[vb infin] before [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Select the ones you can achieve before graduating to the more strenuous ones . |
| 2 | Politicians should hesitate before reaching for the handy ‘ blame television ’ solution . |
| 3 | As you know , you do a half halt before asking for a transition , because it 's more polite than shouting ‘ Oi ! ’ , but Skipper seemed to forget about the legs bit and would go into whatever pace was faster than the one he had been doing . |
| 4 | ‘ You do a half halt before asking for a transition because it 's more polite than shouting ‘ Oi ! ’ |
| 5 | In other words , they have an enveloping scheme under which there has to be a basic threshold over which people must pass before getting into the realms of simply accepting the lowest possible tender . |
| 6 | They also learn the position of the wetlands that provide them with crucial staging posts where they can feed and rest before starting on the next part of their journey . |
| 7 | But there is a limit to how much further they can go before passing on the additional costs created by the devaluation last September , and inflation is likely to edge higher after next month . |
| 8 | You should telephone before venturing to a place for the first time , but it is probably wise also to go by yourself and have a look , to check whether you can manoeuvre the patient in and out of the building easily , and whether the toilet facilities are suitable . |
| 9 | Use the forceful approach to get attention early on , and then move to this one to negotiate and to find out what rewards and pressures you can offer before returning to the forceful approach . |