Example sentences of "before [v-ing] he [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unless it was true , as he 'd alleged , that the women had robbed him before tossing him in the stinking water . |
| 2 | Roebuck positioned and braced himself and at the precise moment drove his shoulder into Shelford 's midriff , stopped him instantaneously , before driving him into the Onewa Domain turf . |
| 3 | The medics met the plane and gave him plasma etc right there in the radio room before transporting him to the hospital . |
| 4 | The man ordered her out of the car at Farley Mount and then bound her 23-year-old boyfriend before forcing him into the car 's boot . |
| 5 | The man ordered her out of the car at Farley Mount late on Tuesday night and then bound her 23year-old boyfriend before forcing him into the car 's boot , which he locked . |
| 6 | This was Rosalind Hatch — Roz — and she greeted Cowley coolly , but courteously , before leading him through the house and into the rear garden . |
| 7 | Farquhar , unhurt apart from a huge lump on his head , bandaged Lachlan 's wounds quickly before joining him at the oars . |
| 8 | Let me breathe then , ’ she laughed , giving him a big hug before putting him to the floor . |
| 9 | ELVIS GORDON , the unpredictable heavyweight , saved the best throw of the British Open at Crystal Palace for the final when he lifted 125kg Frenchman Jerome Dreyfus five feet into the air before throwing him on the mat . |
| 10 | And at his back are China 's octogenarian power-brokers , biding their time before throwing him to the wolves . |
| 11 | They then drove fifteen miles before dumping him on the Buckinghamshire border . |
| 12 | The two robbers banged on the side of the Security Express van , spread-eagled one of the guards before shooting him in the legs . |
| 13 | He had fired at Bernard Newton , 67 , and reloaded twice before shooting him in the head with his fourth cartridge . |