Example sentences of "before [verb] [adv prt] the [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Naked running was not unknown in the Dales and Pennines , where the locals would strip down to their shoes before leaping down the hills and fells .
2 She waited until it had stalked away before picking up the remains of the Geiger-Muller counter and dropping them into the holdall .
3 BEFORE starting up the savings and investment ladder , you must sort out your personal finances .
4 In the spreaders forty feet above us the agile topmen , Basso and Rasman , executed hair-raising victory somersaults before shinning down the shrouds with the rough wires grasped between their toes .
5 Wait until first flowers have set fruit before planting out the peppers .
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