Example sentences of "before [v-ing] them [prep] 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 made imprints of the keys in bars of soap before returning them to the sleeping prison officer . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Always close the doors at one end before opening them at the other , unless the wind is very light , and never leave both ends open in case a wind springs up later in the day . |
| 5 | ‘ A managing director of one of my companies is a great believer in studying the star signs of applicants before employing them in the company . |
| 6 | ( viii ) Remove the coverslips from their chambers and transfer them into PBS containing 0.1 % Tween-20 ( PBS — Tween ) before incubating them with the specific antibodies or other reagents . |
| 7 | He did not imagine Randolph Henry Ash , his pen moving rapidly across the paper , but he did have the thought of the pads of the long-dead fingers which had held and folded these half-covered sheets , before preserving them in the book , instead of jettisoning them . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The aviary was for injured birds before releasing them into the wild . |
| 11 | The hypothesis can be tested , in an attempt to falsify it , by plugging the ears of bats before releasing them into the test laboratory . |
| 12 | He has the opportunity to comment on these documents before forwarding them to the Church Commissioners . |
| 13 | You manage a clumsy robot-like walk in the heavy boots before kicking them into the bindings on the skis and gingerly sliding along . |
| 14 | At five o'clock in the morning Ada Neumann would have been in her kitchen , simmering the dozens of doughnut-shaped rolls in hot water for a few minutes before baking them in the oven , glazing them with egg-white and then showering them with sesame seeds . |
| 15 | They even coloured some of the mixture with saffron to make a ‘ yolk ’ , then they carefully filled the shells before baking them in the ashes of the cooking fire . |
| 16 | One of the possible kidnapping charges and that of theft relate to two incidents in which Mrs Mandela was part of a group which allegedly abducted three people before assaulting them in the old Mandela home in Soweto . |
| 17 | When Eric Liddell could wish his rivals good luck before grinding them into the track , and a National Hunt jockey would slow down to help a fellow rider back into the saddle . |
| 18 | In the case of the MINSE project , where the intention was to record activities on a computer database , this also served to validate the codes given to each item before entering them into the computer . |
| 19 | If cables are being stored on drums , wind them completely off the coil before connecting them to the load ; otherwise they may overheat in use . |
| 20 | Thus in northern Nigeria there has been a long-established practice of Hausa farmers purchasing immature beef cattle at the end of the harvesting season , and feeding them on maize stalks and other crop residues during the dry season , before marketing them at the end of six months . |
| 21 | Ensure the flowers are as dry as possible before placing them on the blotting paper , as any remaining moisture will encourage mildew to form and spoil all your efforts . |
| 22 | He found them before putting them through the saw ? |
| 23 | She had recently killed some of Buddie 's hens and turkeys by gripping their necks between her teeth and shaking them violently from side to side before throwing them into the air . |
| 24 | She fumbled , dropping them on the floor and picking them up , sorrying wildly , before shoving them onto the rack with the others . |
| 25 | A similar effect can be obtained for the walls by taking wads of newspaper and wetting them thoroughly before packing them against the walls in papier mache style . |
| 26 | Detectives believe the broker , who helped Terry Waite 's efforts to free hostages in Lebanon , may even have drugged his wife and children before shooting them in the head . |
| 27 | However , by virtue of s. 89 of the Companies Act 1985 both private and public companies which wish to allocate shares for cash must offer these shares for purchase by existing members before offering them outside the company . |