Example sentences of "before [verb] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the Saturday evening , before seeing Law on the following morning , he dined with Davidson at the Argentine Club and informed him that he would ‘ rather take a single ticket to Siberia than become Prime Minister ’ . |
| 2 | However the trials are organized , it is important to identify what type of trial any information is from before drawing inferences on the basis of it . |
| 3 | In this case , however , the defence failed because although the auctioneer had regularly made reference to the fact that he did not guarantee the mileage of any car , he had not made an oral disclaimer before accepting bids on the particular car in question and the disclaimer in the written conditions of the auction sale had not been sufficiently brought to the attention of the buyer . |
| 4 | He began to wonder how much more time he would need to waste before phoning Blanche with the bad news that he had found nothing . |
| 5 | The Ayrshire MPs were in Prestwick before returning south for the new parliamentary session which began this afternoon . |
| 6 | Before applying paint to the door , lightly clean the surface with white spirit to remove any dirt or grease . |
| 7 | He had been on the committee of the Scottish region , as it was ten called , since 1984 — ‘ they flung me on as naive new blood ’ — — and was vice-chairman for two years before becoming chairman at the tender age of 25 . |
| 8 | He returned to his native Sheffield in 1845 and took the Crown and Anchor Hotel at the top of Bright Street before becoming landlord of the Adelphi . |
| 9 | Mr Byrne was involved with the Order 's cadet and badge ( the six to nine-year-olds ) sections in North Yorkshire before becoming Commissioner for the county of Cleveland 18 months ago . |
| 10 | Born in Devon in 1954 , Andrew Mudge left school at the age of fifteen and did nine years ' service in the Navy before becoming Gardener for the Trust at Castle Drogo where he worked for seven years . |
| 11 | There is very little evidence for Elena 's scientific activity in the ten years after 1955 when she took up her ‘ studies ’ before becoming director of the Institute . |
| 12 | Luciana Mottola Colban discussed the plans with Danièle Giraudy , one of the minds behind the Pompidou Centre , where she worked in an educational role for eight years , before becoming director of the Musée Picasso at Antibes , and then moving on to the Musée des Arts Decoratifs as Director in 1991 . |
| 13 | Beer mats will give way to hymnals , and glasses to enlightenment as Britain 's first ‘ pub church ’ holds its Easter Day service , two hours before opening time at the Old Farmhouse public house in Nailsea , near Bristol . |
| 14 | Three months before defeating Callaghan at the polls she announced publicly her intention of running a ‘ conviction Cabinet ’ . |
| 15 | Lynsey has come through the ranks from Ulster Under-16 level , to the Under-21s , before gaining selection for the Ulster senior squad . |
| 16 | It goes west along the river Humber before passing north around the western edge of the Yorkshire Wolds . |
| 17 | The latter need not wait for a change of heart on the part of the Prime Minister , or the election of a new government , before translating guilt about the condition of those less fortunate than themselves into action . |
| 18 | The manufacturer specifies that this must be left for 72hrs before adding water to the pond . |
| 19 | Kinawley are now supremely fit , and they enhanced their championship credentials with victory over the double champions Enniskillen in the quarter-final , before overcoming Roslea at the semi-final stage . |
| 20 | From the car park it goes east for around a mile and a half before going south-west to the Water of Trool . |
| 21 | In the absence of such a policy , the society had sought to merge with at least eight institutions — universities , museums and libraries — before initiating talks with the New York Public Library . |
| 22 | He wrote north for reinforcements on 10 June and the army assembled at Pontefract a fortnight later , where it witnessed the execution of Rivers , Vaughan and Grey before moving south under the command of Northumberland and Sir Richard Ratcliffe . |
| 23 | He wrote north for reinforcements on 10 June and the army assembled at Pontefract a fortnight later , where it witnessed the execution of Rivers , Vaughan and Grey before moving south under the command of Northumberland and Sir Richard Ratcliffe . |
| 24 | We had friends who waited two days in Sorata before getting transport to the Ancohuma base . |
| 25 | Su Ragazzi meet league champions West Coast in the league decider on 20 March in Glasgow before facing Jets in the cup final in Edinburgh eight days later . |
| 26 | Mr Major instructed his Principal Private Secretary , Alex Allen , to demand answers from the minister before facing MPs in the Commons . |
| 27 | The interim government would rule for two years before holding elections under the auspices of the UN and the Islamic Conference Organization . |
| 28 | The route then heads north to the medieval village of Wharram Percy before cutting east towards the coast at Filey Brigg . |
| 29 | Drain off the water before starting work on the making of the dish . |
| 30 | Engineers found the corrosion when they were checking the bridge before starting work on the support piers . |