Example sentences of "before [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | As such , they enjoyed success early on with the ballad , ‘ Pictures Of Matchstick Men ’ , before opting for the chord-challenged sound — so beloved of their followers — which is typified by such seminal lieder as ‘ Caroline ’ , ‘ Down Down ’ , ‘ Whatever You Want' ’ and ‘ Rockin' All Over The World ’ . |
| 3 | Tony Knight , who worked at BT as an electronics engineer for 23 years before opting for the academic life at Henley Management College , says that BT middle managers have attended his courses uncertain of whether they would have a job to go back to . |
| 4 | Politicians should hesitate before reaching for the handy ‘ blame television ’ solution . |
| 5 | Catch crops are usually sown in late summer or early autumn immediately after harvest , for grazing in early winter and again in the spring before ploughing for the next main crop . |
| 6 | Many of these occur in the Cambrian — it is as if the echinoderms tried out various designs before settling for the successful models that mostly survive today . |
| 7 | Before leaving for the Far East , Lady Thatcher dined at Claridge 's with Charles Price , the former US Ambassador to London . |
| 8 | Richard is said to have favoured the axe as a hand-to-hand weapon , and a contemporary poem records that he had one made specially before departing for the Holy Land : |