Example sentences of "before [v-ing] [adv] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wearing a chic black costume and white fur wrap , she is seen waving to him as he departs for the colony before walking away to a smart car beside which stands a chauffeur . |
| 2 | Two of his comrades had relatively minor head wounds and received first aid in the trench before heading back to a safer area . |
| 3 | David Macdonald made a series of quota quickies before going on to a larger budget with the striking comedy-thriller This Man is News ( 1938 ) , and Michael Powell built a reputation as a director of energetic quota films before making his mainstream début with Edge of the World ( 1937 ) , about the depopulation of a remote island in the Shetlands . |
| 4 | The President 's choice to succeed Mr Frohnmayer must be confirmed by the Subcommittee on Education , Arts and the Humanities , then pass a hearing held by the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources , before going on to a Senate vote . |
| 5 | But it is important to be aware of the limitations of the statistical concept of style before going on to a more realistic assessment of its value . |
| 6 | There will also be a ‘ menu ’ of six visits from which visitors can choose before going on to a buffet supper with members of the Faculty . |
| 7 | Dr Jan Hulsker had told him that after Vincent 's departure from The Hague , Sien had given custody of the baby Willem to her brother , Pieter Hoornik , before going back to a life of casual prostitution and drink . |
| 8 | The three dogs had run of for some distance , before slowing again to a steady lope . |
| 9 | Keith had to complete a 13-week basic RAF police training course before moving on to a waiting list for the eight-week doghandler training programme , which is completed at RAF Newton in Nottingham . |
| 10 | Mind you , if the tourist board thought they could get away with it , they 'd probably claim he spent an afternoon at the local petrol station , buying some anti-smear windscreen wash and a fan belt , before moving on to a gift shop to purchase a handmade stuffed velvet Loch Ness monster and having an appreciative sniff at the perfumed candle display . |
| 11 | If you sowed tomato seeds last month , now is the time to prick them out , ie transfer them into small pots , or , if you have sown them in soil blocks , to reduce them to one per cell before moving on to a pot . |
| 12 | Colman 's wartime and postwar work before the camera was less distinguished , though he did win an Oscar in 1947 for an uncharacteristically highly charged dramatic role in A Double Life before moving on to a lucrative second career in American radio and television , playing the professor in Halls of Ivy ( 1950–2 ) , a series he also produced and owned . |
| 13 | It then proceeds through a concise , but remarkably comprehensive review of data gathering instruments and issues of access to respondents , before moving on to a brief consideration of data analysis and the process of writing up work to enable others to benefit from it . |
| 14 | The Green Paper from the Department of Education and Science and the Welsh Office demonstrates its relationship to the Ruskin speech and to the issues raised in the Great Debate before moving swiftly to a statement on the partnership between schools , local education authorities and ministers . |
| 15 | External associations are initially identified " assembly-to-assembly " before moving down to a component-to-component " identification . |
| 16 | The man looked round the bar before marching over to a group of men down at the end of the counter . |
| 17 | Hundreds have gone off ‘ to find themselves ’ before settling down to a career or further studies . |
| 18 | After dodging the evil Sheriff 's men and their deadly arrows , try your hand at archery before settling down to a feast under the ‘ Greenwode Tree ’ . |
| 19 | The pistol shrimp then holds the disoriented fish in another claw , and fires a barrage of sound shots to its head before settling down to a quiet meal . |
| 20 | Before settling down to a tour of the old quarter ( and Stein is almost entirely an old quarter ) , it is a good idea to face the climb to the Burg Hohenklingen , from the battlements of which there is a breathtaking view of the Rhine winding its way through flat green pastures and dense woodland , and of the closely clustered pointed roofs of Stein itself . |
| 21 | Hundreds of people entered into the spirit of the occasion and enjoyed a picnic before settling down to a concert featuring some of the best known and stirring pieces of classical music , accompanied by a laser and firework show . |
| 22 | Hunt found fame and fortune in the glamorous world of Grand Prix culminating in his Formula One world championship victory in 1976 before settling down to a more sedate career as a BBC TV commentator . |
| 23 | He placed it on a bale of straw and pulled up an upturned bucket as a chair before hopping on to a meal bin where he sat like a pixie on a toadstool with his arms around his knees , regarding me with keen anticipation . |