Example sentences of "before [verb] [prep] the [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | That road to Co-operation proved , certainly in the United Kingdom , as well as in the United States , to be a dead-end ; and it is convenient to trace the whole of its course before turning to the more significant developments started in his absence . |
2 | ‘ Modern mattress , ’ he told her before proceeding with the more pleasurable task of nibbling her ear . |
3 | He proceeded down the aisle towards the fallen cross , that now lay in front of the altar , before stopping over the dead German officer and continuing until he came face to face with Tommy , who was still holding a pistol pointing straight at his heart . |
4 | Before dealing with the more formal approaches to library orientation some mention must be made of library guiding . |
5 | Select the ones you can achieve before graduating to the more strenuous ones . |
6 | Go down the other side to follow Lingcove Beck for just over two miles , before crossing over the very shallow col separating the Lingcove valley from Mosedale . |