Example sentences of "before [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before journeying into the sensory worlds of other animals we need to discard this restricted view . |
| 2 | Then swiftly she launches into a staccato attack on political buffoonery and the Government in general before lashing at the crass assumptions that men make about women , and reaching the parts of chaps ' angst-filled sexuality that mere innuendo could never find . |
| 3 | Most of these are thought to have rifted away from the margins of Gondwana and moved northward before colliding with the southern margin of the Eurasian land mass and causing extensive deformation and thrusting . |
| 4 | Tomorrow they 'll be free to roam Fantasyland , Adventureland and all the other Lands and try the attractions before gathering for the big gala in the evening . |
| 5 | COOK 'S NOTE : Soaking the rice before cooking in the measured water helps to produce a fluffier risotto of a richer saffron-yellow colour . |
| 6 | A weekly list of horses to follow BATZUSHKA : Set a blistering pace before capitulating on the final climb in Newmarket 's Middle Park Stakes won by Balla Cove . |
| 7 | But captain Graham Gooch waited almost 60 hours before phoning with the bad news at 9.30 yesterday morning . |
| 8 | SUEDE 's past has come back to haunt them in the form of a former business associate with whom they had dealings before signing to the Nude label . |
| 9 | In a direct boiler system , the copper hot water cylinder ( or , in older installations , galvanised hot water tank ) is supplied with water from the cold water storage cistern ; the water then passes down to a heating boiler , back boiler ( behind a fire ) or gas circulator to be heated before returning to the hot water cylinder . |
| 10 | For those who were dismayed by the threatened collapse of the ruling class in central and eastern Europe and the rise of the Labour party and extension of the franchise in Britain , anti-semitic conspiracy theories of history , particularly as outlined in the Protocols of the Elders of Zion , were to gain a momentary influence in polite society before returning to the political underworld . |
| 11 | The leader with the sad smile slid into 20 years of disgrace before returning to the political stage with the fall of communism in late 1989 . |
| 12 | Later , these form complex accumulations of metres in the same key before returning to the central key … this accumulative process continues until the original key/metre associations are lost in an overall texture of harmonies and metres . ’ |
| 13 | This is where I performed my gravity-defying experiments with the wind before returning to the cliff-top in the company of a couple of other walkers who , like me , were thoroughly enjoying these extraordinary conditions . |
| 14 | Cutaways are a means of bridging jump-cuts , that is interruptions or discontinuities in the action , by briefly cutting to some related subject before returning to the main subject . |
| 15 | You then have the option to type in either one or two lines of text , before returning to the main menu . |
| 16 | Use the forceful approach to get attention early on , and then move to this one to negotiate and to find out what rewards and pressures you can offer before returning to the forceful approach . |
| 17 | Whilst only an hour 's journey away lies the stately city of Aberdeen with its excellent restaurants , theatres and stores altogether a refreshing diversion when you want a brief reminder of city life … before returning to the secluded haven of your own lodge . |
| 18 | Crumpling the envelope in her hand , she tossed it into the fire , watching intently while it blackened and burned before returning to the single sheet of cheap paper . |
| 19 | He intended to stay six months before returning to the secure family practice . |
| 20 | In Chapters 2 to 10 we take the various constructions in which English adjectives actually appear , and consider the grammatical and interpretative consequences of the intensional patterns which are expressed by those constructions , before returning in the final three chapters to more general issues of syntax . |
| 21 | But there is a limit to how much further they can go before passing on the additional costs created by the devaluation last September , and inflation is likely to edge higher after next month . |
| 22 | People remove watches , jewellery and chains before venturing into the menacing streets . |
| 23 | Like genii , too , they must be uncorked in a dark room to dance briefly in their own time , before receding into the invisible world of memory again . |
| 24 | Burnley had taken the lead in the 13th minute when Adrian Heath capitalised on a dreadful clearance by Town keeper Tom Clarke , slipping the ball past Clarke before slotting into the empty net . |
| 25 | The 21-year-old was spending her first night at Sussex University , near Brighton , when she was woken at about 4am by a man who turned on the bedroom light , held a knife to her throat and raped her , before escaping through the open window by which he had entered . |
| 26 | Paige waited only until she heard Travis calling her name and the sounds of running feet , before escaping in the opposite direction . |
| 27 | It was Phillips 's 13th minute shot which allowed the Canaries to close in on the leaders , although there was more than a slice of luck about it as the ball hit Nick Henry before bouncing over the stranded Oldham keeper Paul Gerrard . |
| 28 | It wobbled and contracted , becoming shorter and fatter , before trembling into the yellow shape of the Land Rover . |
| 29 | We bathed our feet deliciously before sprawling on the soft mossy bank in the drying heat of the sun . |
| 30 | Before looking at the different propositions of the theory , it is necessary to describe briefly the two forms of government financial assistance : income tax rebates and supplementary benefit . |