Example sentences of "before [v-ing] [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Stealer tore a trooper 's chest open before darting back into concealment … |
| 2 | Just a week before stepping down on May 27th , his camp put out a proposal for radical tax changes in the city . |
| 3 | On March 12 , shortly before stepping down as President , José Sarney created three Amazon reserves for use by rubber tappers , in response to demands from the National Council of Rubber Tappers . |
| 4 | He undressed , but could not bother to do so in the proper order , to remove his socks before stepping out of trousers and boxer shorts . |
| 5 | Pausing just before stepping out into view , she absorbed the scene with a tight squeeze inside her heart . |
| 6 | Unable to impose himself , Clarence allowed himself to be bought off before returning home through Bordeaux , plundering on the way . |
| 7 | Clinton , 13 months on the road and his voice cracking , spent his last campaign day travelling through nine states before returning home to Little Rock , Arkansas , full of confidence . |
| 8 | Annunziata opened the door quietly and checked to see that Julia was asleep before walking silently to Comfort 's chair and whispering that there was a visitor for the signora downstairs . |
| 9 | I had spent the few months before brimming over with excitement and anticipation for when my time would come to leave what had been my place of education for the previous four years . |
| 10 | Cara nodded , and elatedly went on to tell them that she had heard , only that morning when she 'd looked in at her office to check her post before driving up to Cheltenham , that she 'd pulled off an interview with none other than Vendelin Gajdusek . |
| 11 | On Friday Peskin , before jetting off to Florida 's Disney World , successfuly completed the rescheduling of £80 million of debt due to expire over the next six months . |
| 12 | She took a deep breath before storming angrily at Doreen , ‘ I do n't have to listen to this sort of talk from you . |
| 13 | He tried setting up in Geneva and Canada before ending up in San Diego . |
| 14 | And he is no stranger to Rodney Parade , having spent a couple of seasons there from 1985 , moving from Newbridge , before flirting briefly with London Welsh . |
| 15 | He made no sketches in advance but got straight down to work with pencil and ruler , drawing the outline before filling in with emulsion paint . |
| 16 | If we care about other people — and if we want so far as possible to affirm other people — we shall walk warily before dismissing out of hand , discourteously or clumsily , what is deeply meaningful to them . |
| 17 | The Alt Park club reached the fifth round last season before bowing out to Sudbury Town , and Max Thompson 's men will feel they can open this season 's Wembley trail with a win against an Arnold side in the Supreme Division of the Central Midlands League . |
| 18 | Last month , at the age of 38 , he won two more before bowing out to Michael Chang in the fifth set of their third round match . |
| 19 | Taking off as a conventional aircraft the plane would take its passengers into space , reaching 18,0000 mph before gliding back to earth like the Space Shuttle . |
| 20 | Philpott tamped a wad of tobacco into his briar pipe and lit it carefully before looking up at Sabrina . |
| 21 | He twisted his head left and right before looking anxiously at Rebecque . |
| 22 | She broke off , lowering her gaze fractionally for an instant before looking directly into Lindsey 's eyes . |
| 23 | In all , he spent the best part of four hours in the water , before meeting up at Gloucester Cathedral with the Bishop of Tewkesbury ( above ) , who had walked the 10 miles along the river bank ( a much more sensible idea ) , the culmination of a week-long pilgrimage around his diocese . |
| 24 | The most important thing for us is the next song , ’ a sensible Tim relates before surging on in overdrive , ‘ I fuckin' love being in The Charlatans . |
| 25 | The most important thing for us is the next song , ’ a sensible Tim relates before surging on in overdrive , ‘ I fuckin' love being in The Charlatans . |
| 26 | It may well be that all these ladies simply grabbed the first thing in the wardrobe before rushing off to court , but I somehow doubt it . |
| 27 | By doing this , I think players would think twice before pulling out of Tour Events as it could mean the difference of being world number one and world number two , which I believe means a great deal more to them than they would like to admit . |
| 28 | Two years later , with Tony Brignull , he and Le Bas created their own agency before selling out to Doyle Dane Bernbach in 1983 . |
| 29 | A Middleham entrepreneur , he 'd made his money in sugar , apparently , before cleaning up with Hazelhurst 's soap . |
| 30 | ‘ Darnton , ’ came the reply and the king snorted back : ‘ More like Darnton i ’ th' dirt ’ , before harrumphing back to bed . |