Example sentences of "before [verb] it [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He slowed the car , turning it off the main road down a narrow lane that led to the river before bringing it to a halt and cutting the engine . |
| 2 | She removed his wet topcoat , and gave it a shake before hanging it on the hall-stand . |
| 3 | Decision makers should satisfy themselves that current practice is itself worth having before using it as a comparison for a new treatment . |
| 4 | After an algorithm has been selected , it is wise to ensure that it will be successful before using it in a program . |
| 5 | It is interesting to examine the optical fibre before using it in the communications system . |
| 6 | The instructor smiled as he went to each man in turn and pulled out two full arm lengths of cord from their parachutes before attaching it to the static line . |
| 7 | When you remove food from the freezer , do n't leave it in a warm atmosphere or allow it to come into contact with unclean hands , surfaces or equipment before returning it to the freezer — you will be at risk of freezing in any contamination . |
| 8 | Those who agreed were given an envelope in which to seal their completed questionnaire before returning it to the member of staff . |
| 9 | He smiled , taking a last draw on the cigarette before tossing it over the rail . |
| 10 | This is a simple , but amusing , sequence with a stick-man player flicking the ball up , chesting it down , etc , before shooting/heading it towards the unseen net — a ‘ goal ’ or ‘ saved ’ caption then appears . |
| 11 | If you wish to make Abbeylink deposits you must use the official envelopes provided by us and ensure that the envelope is properly sealed before depositing it in the Abbeylink machine . |
| 12 | She goes quiet again and takes one last draw from the cigarette before stubbing it into the ashtray . |
| 13 | He had picked up one of the pups and examined it roughly before replacing it in the cardboard box with the others . |
| 14 | Crawling over , Trent pulled his small matt-black throwing-knife out of the man 's throat , cleaning the blade before replacing it in the sheath between his shoulder-blades . |
| 15 | Back in 1933 work was begun on a racer for the 1934 MacRobertson race from London to Melbourne and Jacquelin Cochran got as far as Bucharest before damaging it in a landing accident . |
| 16 | He removed the stereo from his brother 's car , to make it look as if it had been stolen , before pushing it into a water-filled quarry . |
| 17 | The spring should be cleaned before inserting it into the pipe and a long piece of string attached to the loop on the bending spring . |
| 18 | Leave the boiled water for 10sec before pouring it onto the coffee . |
| 19 | A private motorist who ‘ clocks ’ his car before selling it to a car dealer , may well find that he is guilty under section 23 , since it may well be his act which causes the car dealer to commit an offence under section 1 , Olgiersson v. Kitching ( 1986 D.C. ) . |
| 20 | It is a skilled exercise which needs careful instruction and supervision before attempting it on the approach with full airbrake . |
| 21 | Use a spirit level to ensure that the glazed sheet is horizontal before fixing it to the barge board with stainless steel screws 300mm apart . |
| 22 | Facing page : I made this bow shape from a length of velvet ribbon before fixing it to the wall and the back of the oval frame . |
| 23 | Reverse osmosis units for freshwater fish are all very well , but many fishkeepers who use them are forced to mix the water obtained with raw tapwater before adding it to the tank , simply because they can not afford the expense of a separate carbon filter . |
| 24 | You should dechlorinate the water in a suitable container before adding it to the pond . |
| 25 | Stonier and Conlin point out that , " A word processor allows the student the opportunity of correcting their own work before presenting it to the teacher as a finished product " . |
| 26 | Look down and check that you are handling the right lever before moving it to the DOWN position . |
| 27 | Lift the stencil carefully , and rinse and dry it before moving it to the next position . |
| 28 | We weakened the signal in several ways , one of which was by damaging the cells of the polarizing region with high doses of X-rays before grafting it to the anterior margin . |
| 29 | He had also torn off the copyright mark from the greeting card before sending it to the Italian artisans who made the sculptures . |
| 30 | An alternative , where the PC is the source , is to use one of the proprietary conversion routines to change the file into either Word or WordPerfect format before sending it to the Macintosh . |