Example sentences of "before switching [adv prt] the " in BNC.

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1 Care must be taken to remove the tommy bar from the collet before switching on the motor — it is all too easy to forget , and the result is a worn motor .
2 He showed them into the lounge and drew the threadbare curtains before switching on the light .
3 We hung up and I lit a cigarette before switching on the radio .
4 Before switching on the engine he studied his maps .
5 Did they follow him on his pub-crawl , clinically waiting until he became suitably juiced before switching on the camera ?
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