Example sentences of "before [v-ing] [adv prt] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Range Rover left it behind quickly on a steep road which wound up in hairpin bends for a mile before levelling out on the road to Haverfordwest . |
| 2 | He smiled fondly at the girl as he spoke , and Paulette , who in truth was very pretty , blew him a kiss before lying back on the pillows . |
| 3 | ‘ Laura ! ’ he groaned , tossing aside his shirt and swiftly divesting himself of his clothes before lying down on the bed beside her . |
| 4 | With Kallicharran , who made 97 , he put on 303 for the third wicket , with some wonderful strokes all round the wicket that culminated in 36 runs off his last 13 balls before holing out on the boundary . |
| 5 | Then it was back to relax in the Granby Village leisure complex with its swimming pool , Jacuzzi , sauna and gymnasium before going out on the town to enjoy a slap-up meal . |
| 6 | On the way , we stopped at the border and went through the immigration and customs formalities , which were very courteous though long , and we were given lunch before getting back on the train ! |
| 7 | While Beck 's adventures were cut short , Nick Faldo , beaten by Lyle in last year 's final , went into overtime against David Frost of South Africa before coming through on the 38th hole . |
| 8 | If you are getting a ‘ low light ’ warning in the viewfinder , take a careful look at the picture before giving up on the shot ; if the light is only marginally below par it may still be worth taking despite the warning . |
| 9 | The three bassets were already in residence , draped snoring on the fireside rug , but they seemed to be used to Debbie because two of them sniffed her in a bored manner and the third merely cocked a sleepy eye at her before flopping back on the rich pile . |
| 10 | I quoted out loud , light-headed with triumph as I opened a tin of lunch before setting off on the thirty-mile drive to the hospital . |
| 11 | There he found a moment of illusory tranquillity with his stepdaughter and her two sons , before setting out on the journey which was to end at Saint Helena . |
| 12 | Never the most fluent of jumpers , she put in some unnecessarily extravagant leaps before settling down on the second circuit , but then met the final open ditch all wrong and deposited the hapless Mullins on the floor . |