Example sentences of "before [v-ing] [pron] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once out of the village they picked up speed and took a road that would zigzag through five hamlets before bringing them to the only cart track that wound up the lower slopes of the mountain . |
| 2 | He is probably downstairs , knocking back a stiff gin and tonic before submitting himself to the milder offering of champagne . |
| 3 | The instructor smiled as he went to each man in turn and pulled out two full arm lengths of cord from their parachutes before attaching it to the static line . |
| 4 | He made imprints of the keys in bars of soap before returning them to the sleeping prison officer . |
| 5 | First , the practice of grazing calves from May until late July on permanent pasture , then moving these to hay or silage aftermath before returning them to the original grazing in late autumn . |
| 6 | When you remove food from the freezer , do n't leave it in a warm atmosphere or allow it to come into contact with unclean hands , surfaces or equipment before returning it to the freezer — you will be at risk of freezing in any contamination . |
| 7 | Those who agreed were given an envelope in which to seal their completed questionnaire before returning it to the member of staff . |
| 8 | The medics met the plane and gave him plasma etc right there in the radio room before transporting him to the hospital . |
| 9 | Their work points the way to a revision of plate tectonic theory and ideas about mountain building The USGS geologists , Mark Blake , David Howell and David Jones , have identified six distinct ‘ episodes ’ gradually creating present-day California Chunks of land came crashing onto the western side of the continent and spread out before fixing themselves to the existing coastline . |
| 10 | Use a spirit level to ensure that the glazed sheet is horizontal before fixing it to the barge board with stainless steel screws 300mm apart . |
| 11 | Facing page : I made this bow shape from a length of velvet ribbon before fixing it to the wall and the back of the oval frame . |
| 12 | COOK 'S TIP : Always break the bay leaves before adding them to the pan otherwise most of their flavour will be trapped and they will be of no benefit to the casserole . |
| 13 | Reverse osmosis units for freshwater fish are all very well , but many fishkeepers who use them are forced to mix the water obtained with raw tapwater before adding it to the tank , simply because they can not afford the expense of a separate carbon filter . |
| 14 | You should dechlorinate the water in a suitable container before adding it to the pond . |
| 15 | The position of the old inn made it attractive to wealthy friends of Royalty , wishing to change their clothes before presenting themselves to the monarch at Windsor . |
| 16 | Stonier and Conlin point out that , " A word processor allows the student the opportunity of correcting their own work before presenting it to the teacher as a finished product " . |
| 17 | When refloating a herd , it is important to hold the rescued animals together until the entire herd is assembled before releasing them to the open sea . |
| 18 | He has the opportunity to comment on these documents before forwarding them to the Church Commissioners . |
| 19 | Meg waited until she heard the main bedroom door shut before going herself to the bathroom . |
| 20 | Look down and check that you are handling the right lever before moving it to the DOWN position . |
| 21 | Lift the stencil carefully , and rinse and dry it before moving it to the next position . |
| 22 | We weakened the signal in several ways , one of which was by damaging the cells of the polarizing region with high doses of X-rays before grafting it to the anterior margin . |
| 23 | He had also torn off the copyright mark from the greeting card before sending it to the Italian artisans who made the sculptures . |
| 24 | An alternative , where the PC is the source , is to use one of the proprietary conversion routines to change the file into either Word or WordPerfect format before sending it to the Macintosh . |
| 25 | Format and print is an excellent utility for adding margins , headers and page numbers to a standard text file before sending it to the printer . |
| 26 | In that case have it signed before sending it to the seller 's conveyancer , otherwise you 'll be required to give your undertaking to have it executed after completion , and to supply a copy of the execution to the seller 's conveyancer . |
| 27 | External UPSs , on the other hand , have to convert their battery-generated DC into AC before feeding it to the computer , which then has to convert the AC back into DC before it can be used . |
| 28 | Actually the ganglion cells are responsible for preprocessing the information in sophisticated ways before relaying it to the brain , and in some ways the word " interface " does n't do justice to this . |
| 29 | Gould was well aware of the descriptive shortcomings of his synopsis — Mere was simply not enough information available on Australian birds — but , cautious as ever , he needed to prove the strength of the market before committing himself to the ‘ grander work in prospect ’ . |
| 30 | Nevertheless , knowledge and skill can be acquired more quickly through a well-planned training programme , and you would be well advised to consolidate your early practical experience through further training before committing yourself to the full responsibility of your own farm and livestock . |