Example sentences of "before [verb] in [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before turning in for the night I telephoned Fred Workman to say I would be back at my desk by mid-morning and would be covering the visit of Mr Gladstone Murray to our city , his meetings and his broadcast speech , for the next day 's evening edition . |
| 2 | He was heading for the North Sea coast , which he would cross near Terschelling then follow for a while before turning in for the approach to Aalborg . |
| 3 | He gave it a few pumps and collected an armful of logs for the stove before going in through the back door . |
| 4 | The idea was that the police would wait until they had incontrovertible evidence before moving in for the arrest , but Branson and Draper had barely sat down with the Clarkes before some forty policemen swarmed through the door , knocking over tables and chairs and arresting the two brothers . |
| 5 | He would look in the summer-house before coming in by the back door but he seldom found me there now . |
| 6 | Windeler glanced across before giving in to the slope and changing down through the gears . |
| 7 | So these dare devils have got 6 months to dry out before diving in at the deep end once again . |
| 8 | Graf , unbeaten since the beginning of May , took her winning streak to 35 matches by posting a 4–6 6–1 6–0 victory over the 11th-seeded Swiss , who played an inspired first set before caving in under the German 's familiar pressure . |
| 9 | On the forecourt he unlocked the car and threw the diaries across on to the passenger seat before sliding in behind the wheel . |
| 10 | Tonight she 's putting them early to bed , before tuning in to the American election . |