Example sentences of "before [v-ing] it [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Always flatten angelica with the blade of a knife before using it for decoration . |
| 2 | She was the granddaughter of some forgotten Prussian nobleman and she and her husband had once owned a beautiful sixteenth century castle overlooking the town of Assmannshausen in the Rhine Valley before selling it in favour of their present mansion on the outskirts of Berlin . |
| 3 | Then , create the design actually on the glass itself , before fixing it in place very firmly and thoroughly with rubber adhesive solution . |
| 4 | Seventeen firemen fought the blaze for four hours before getting it under control . |
| 5 | Wrap ptfe tape around each fitting before screwing it into place in the radiator . |
| 6 | He was older than the rest of us at Breakspear , you see , having tried for some years to make a go of a religious vocation before abandoning it in favour of teaching . |
| 7 | Somerset , New Jersey-based , Programmed Logic Corp has released a transparent file compression package for the Intel Corp iAPX- 86-based Unix personal computer market : the Desktop File System is a plug-and-play file system which compresses data before storing it on disk , doubling the disk capacity of laptops , desktops , and notebook computers running a Unix operating system , the company says . |
| 8 | Before setting it in place , though , an Ultratherm heating mat was called for . |
| 9 | In 1462 , under Edward IV , he received the life grant of the office of engraver to the Tower mint and all other mints in England and Calais , which he held for 20 years before relinquishing it in favour of his nephew , John Shaa . |
| 10 | The specimen bored straight into a weed bed and Pike Anglers ' Club member Andy fought the fish for 15 minutes before beating it with size 8 trebles to 11 lb line . |
| 11 | The Law Commission committee says that this principle is not good enough ; sellers should be under a legal duty to reveal everything they know and ought to know about their property — which would oblige them to carry out a survey before offering it for sale . |
| 12 | For a lovely surprise when cutting into this toadstool cake , you could hollow out the cake before covering it with icing , and fill it with little sweets — ‘ a crock of gold at the end of the rainbow ’ ! |