Example sentences of "before [v-ing] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once out of the village they picked up speed and took a road that would zigzag through five hamlets before bringing them to the only cart track that wound up the lower slopes of the mountain . |
| 2 | She removed his wet topcoat , and gave it a shake before hanging it on the hall-stand . |
| 3 | He is probably downstairs , knocking back a stiff gin and tonic before submitting himself to the milder offering of champagne . |
| 4 | Now PC Dave Fishwick has urged residents to check identification before allowing anyone into the house . |
| 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 | ‘ You had indeed , ’ Feargal said with an ironic little bow before seating himself in the armchair opposite his mother . |
| 8 | He made imprints of the keys in bars of soap before returning them to the sleeping prison officer . |
| 9 | First , the practice of grazing calves from May until late July on permanent pasture , then moving these to hay or silage aftermath before returning them to the original grazing in late autumn . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Those who agreed were given an envelope in which to seal their completed questionnaire before returning it to the member of staff . |
| 12 | Always close the doors at one end before opening them at the other , unless the wind is very light , and never leave both ends open in case a wind springs up later in the day . |
| 13 | Unless it was true , as he 'd alleged , that the women had robbed him before tossing him in the stinking water . |
| 14 | He smiled , taking a last draw on the cigarette before tossing it over the rail . |
| 15 | Roebuck positioned and braced himself and at the precise moment drove his shoulder into Shelford 's midriff , stopped him instantaneously , before driving him into the Onewa Domain turf . |
| 16 | Now he was naked too beside her and making pantomime bows to his guests before launching himself into the night . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | She goes quiet again and takes one last draw from the cigarette before stubbing it into the ashtray . |
| 20 | ‘ A managing director of one of my companies is a great believer in studying the star signs of applicants before employing them in the company . |
| 21 | ( viii ) Remove the coverslips from their chambers and transfer them into PBS containing 0.1 % Tween-20 ( PBS — Tween ) before incubating them with the specific antibodies or other reagents . |
| 22 | He had picked up one of the pups and examined it roughly before replacing it in the cardboard box with the others . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The medics met the plane and gave him plasma etc right there in the radio room before transporting him to the hospital . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The ultimate accolade caps a dramatic rise for Platt who was rejected by Manchester United before establishing himself in the game with Crewe , then joining Taylor at Aston Villa and then going onto Juventus via Bari . |
| 27 | Finally they were outside , and Luke took her hand , kissing her quickly before urging her across the road to the car park and into his car . |
| 28 | He did not imagine Randolph Henry Ash , his pen moving rapidly across the paper , but he did have the thought of the pads of the long-dead fingers which had held and folded these half-covered sheets , before preserving them in the book , instead of jettisoning them . |
| 29 | Leave the boiled water for 10sec before pouring it onto the coffee . |
| 30 | It is a skilled exercise which needs careful instruction and supervision before attempting it on the approach with full airbrake . |