Example sentences of "before [adv] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's all right — I was n't at all happy about the arrangements either , ’ Laura agreed , before explaining that when Ross had returned to New York he 'd gone straight to the hospital from the airport , before eventually returning to the empty apartment . |
| 2 | So some of the sulphur which has been blamed for causing environmental problems , may before long emerge in the form of ‘ Andricite , ’ plaster and wall-boards in our houses — courtesy of ICI . |
| 3 | The trek proves long and arduous , with casualties mounting as they forge through swamps and mountains before finally breaking into the Dalek city . |
| 4 | Work a number of test pieces before finally deciding on the tension you are going to use and sample . |
| 5 | Management ought to look at the work that you do and that you could be asked to do under any contractual ‘ flexibility ’ provisions before finally deciding upon the groups of people from which redundancy candidates will be sought . |
| 6 | In the decades since , it 's been glanced at by the likes of Hal Ashby , Anthony Quinn and Jack Nicholson , before finally arriving on the desk of Blake Edwards , where a script by Cry Freedom writer John Briley jostles for space with Son Of Pink Panther . |
| 7 | Maggie met and talked to others she knew before finally arriving at the Commemorative Hall . |
| 8 | It overlooks the Gypsey Race , known locally as ‘ The Beck ’ , which winds its way through several villages from its source at Wharram , high on the Yorkshire Wolds , before finally flowing into the sea through Bridlington Harbour . |
| 9 | ‘ Thank you , I enjoyed being a part of that , ’ she said gravely , as the procession wended its way off around the village before finally returning to the church . |
| 10 | He referred to Taiwan and China as ‘ two countries ’ , before quickly reverting to the politically correct phrase ‘ both sides of the Taiwan Strait ’ . |
| 11 | In the same year Sir Thomas Roe went as English representative in turn to The Hague , Copenhagen and Königsberg ( where the Elector of Brandenburg then was ) before also helping with the Swedish–Polish negotiations . |
| 12 | If it is on paper allow to dry for at least 48 hours before carefully peeling off the paper and transferring the run-out to the cake . |
| 13 | When Brazil beat Italy 4-1 in the final of the 1970 World Cup the style of their triumph was a cry of defiance against the organisation men , the managers and coaches who insisted on getting things right in defence before even thinking about the imaginative attacking play which should be the game 's apotheosis at this level . |
| 14 | Decide on what core units you 're going to have before even thinking about the rest of your army . |
| 15 | They were paid by these , and by the pennies of helpless men and women who might be forced to cross half of a strange continent before even embarking on the Atlantic crossing : from central Europe to Le Havre , or across the North Sea and via the smoky Pennine valleys to Liverpool . |
| 16 | But in the second week television coverage of defence doubled to 12 per cent , and in the third week it doubled again to 26 per cent before almost disappearing from the bulletins in the fourth and fifth weeks . |
| 17 | Thus if the buyer goes into liquidation before fully paying for the goods , any of the goods which have not been re-sold by the buyer and which remain unmixed will belong to the seller . |
| 18 | William Pitt the Elder [ later Earl of Chatham ] had been educated at Eton and Oxford before briefly serving in the cavalry and entering Parliament , for the ‘ rotten borough ’ of Old Sarum . |
| 19 | Cover the cake with the appropriate pieces of fondant — for the front side with the holes , gently press on before neatly cutting around the holes and removing the pieces of surplus fondant . |
| 20 | Martin always starts by working out the elements in detailed pencil drawings which become works in their own rights , before lightly sketching in the compositions for his paintings |
| 21 | have a checklist ready by the telephone for any information you will need before definitely applying for the job . |