Example sentences of "[adv prt] before [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I must admit … ’ he paused to slow the car down before turning off the road to come to a halt outside an attractive inn , thatched , gabled and wooden-beamed , its façade ablaze with baskets of flowers , its forecourt furnished with long trestle-tables and carved wooden chairs . |
| 2 | Of course Elmer Rice 's play had been censored and toned down before coming to the screen but Photoplay still needed to ask whether ‘ the public really wants a true cross-section of life presented as it actually happens ’ . |
| 3 | I only just managed to get it down before bolting from the tent just in time to get rid of the contents of my stomach . |
| 4 | They set off down the passage and the assistant sealed them in before returning to the shop . |
| 5 | He had n't had to tell them to take their shoes off before boarding at the Co-op quay and in three days of cruising they had washed the sand off their feet after each shore trip . |
| 6 | If the accused receives ham from the meat stall in a supermarket he is guilty if he makes off before paying at the cashdesk . |
| 7 | She watched him drive off before walking up the path to Sam 's house . |
| 8 | Shirley , 54 , took a year off before returning to the stage . |
| 9 | Think of the prospect of John Major lining up at the London Marathon , or Neil Kinnnock limbering up before taking to the squash courts . |
| 10 | More awkward still , since Laura was not on board , he was obliged to lock up before going to the office , and had to wait on board , with his brief-case and umbrella , determinedly not listening , while Nenna went down to the saloon . |
| 11 | Michaelmas daisies , which flower as late as October , are a good source of nectar for peacocks and tortoiseshells that need to build themselves up before hibernating for the winter . |
| 12 | ‘ Somewhere , ’ he replied and switched the kettle on before rummaging through the drawers . |
| 13 | As Coleman had been at pains to point this out before taking on the DEA assignment , he could hardly disagree , but the risk had seemed acceptable at the time and he had taken particular care to underline his academic credentials whenever he met Hurley 's people . |
| 14 | She wondered what they were saying about her , up at the top of the house , as she undressed and laid her clothes out before sliding under the duvet in her underwear . |
| 15 | To wit , that Hastings had inadvertently forsaken the preparatory little step back before moving into the kick which does for him , in terms of rhythm , what the forward press does for a golfer . |
| 16 | It is worth shopping around before choosing as the scope of cover , sums insured and premium costs vary considerably . |