Example sentences of "before [v-ing] [pers pn] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would then propose to add it to the agenda of the Transport Working Group before bringing it back to the Chief Executive 's Management Group . |
| 2 | He had then polished off Duncan 's leftovers before driving him on to the hotel . |
| 3 | The woman told the court drove her instead to Clumber Park where he unclipped the sign on his taxi then assaulted her in the vehicle before driving her back to Worksop . |
| 4 | The woman told the court drove her instead to Clumber Park where he unclipped the sign on his taxi then assaulted her in the vehicle before driving her back to Workshop . |
| 5 | She gave him no more than a perfunctory ‘ So glad you could come , ’ before passing him on to her husband . |
| 6 | If these two signals differ significantly in level , you will need to balance them up at the mixer before passing them on to the camcorder . |
| 7 | When a child has got the squeeze , he is allowed to hold on to it as long as he wants before passing it on to the next person . |
| 8 | Finch handed the photograph to Miller , who did no more than glance at it before passing it on to Golding and muttering : ‘ Could be anywhere . ’ |
| 9 | Apart from the inherent improbability that the Lockerbie investigators never thought to ask for it , that it was left to a clerk to print out a copy on her own initiative before the computer wiped the record , only to return weeks later from holiday to find that still no one had asked for it , and that the BKA , after being given the list , sat on it for months before passing it along to the Scottish police , there remained the problem of the FBI teletype which left open the possibility that no such bag from Malta was ever loaded on Flight 103 . |
| 10 | Along with a Chinese freelance photographer , Cavell had called for her that morning and whisked her round some of Taipei 's famous landmarks , the all-marble Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial , a colourful Buddhist temple , and the Grand Hotel with its magnificent Chinese architecture , pausing only long enough at each for the young man to take the photos that would help introduce Maria to the Taipei public , before escorting her back to the apartment and approving the outfit she planned to wear to the dinner the radio station was hosting for the rest of the local media that night . |
| 11 | Pink and blue drifted away , leaving green to chat for a few minutes — ‘ I jest lerved those cute red heels and hose you 'rived in ’ — before escorting me back to the changing room on the floor above . |
| 12 | The tomb of Caiphas , the High Priest of the Temple of Jerusalem who interrogated Christ before turning Him over to Pontius Pilate , has been discovered by workmen , according to an Israeli radio report . |
| 13 | After that , it took the agents four days to extract a confession from their prisoner on the USS Butte before turning him over to the US Navy for the 13 hour 10 minute flight to Washington , a new solo record for a carrier-based aircraft carrying a second-hand car dealer . |
| 14 | Some of the same movements are repeated yet again in the final pas de deux , when the Prince raises her high above the glistening Stars before leading her away to the land where ‘ they lived happily ever after ’ , where all fairy tales should end . |
| 15 | Soldiers fired on Aristide 's home in the poor suburb of Plains de Cul-de-Sac , where he continued to live , killing his security chief before leading him away to army headquarters . |
| 16 | STB anticipates moving both the hardware and software through distributors and master resellers who will integrate them before moving them on to resellers . |
| 17 | Sparc Technology anticipates moving both the hardware and software through distributors and master resellers who will integrate them before moving them on to resellers . |
| 18 | We follow his car as it winds through the hollows and around the hills until we reach the Moss No.3 Preparation Plant where the Pittston Company cleans and grades its coal before moving it out to power stations or abroad . |
| 19 | Please could you have this checked by a Doctor and treat him with the appropriate shampoo before sending him back to school . |
| 20 | As each reader received a book he put the date opposite his name , followed by the date on which he finished it , before sending it on to the next person on the list . |
| 21 | It was time to turn our attention to another aspect of the project : sending our wild cocoa to quarantine , before sending it on to breeders in Brazil , West Africa , Malaysia or elsewhere . |
| 22 | He sucks hard on the number before holding it out to me . |
| 23 | To give themselves ready cash , some American airlines want to keep a 10% ticket tax for up to a year before handing it over to the government . |
| 24 | He would grab a completed section of the overall plan from Mark 's private secretary just as soon as she had typed it , and dash off to his own office down the corridor to study it carefully many times over , before taking it along to Muldoon to keep him in the picture . |
| 25 | ‘ No , but knowing you , if you go over your limit we 'll have to tie you down before carrying you upstairs to bed . ’ |
| 26 | Scenes from the evening flashed before her eyes : the dignity of the old man to whom Ludovico had gently presented her and with whom she had performed a stately dance , delicately held in his wizened old arms ; the young men who had made a ring around her and Ludo before lifting them on to their shoulders and carrying them back to Santo Spirito ; the women who had caressed her blonde hair and whispered , ‘ Bella ! |
| 27 | Then they pushed her , from one man to another , making her stumble as each man greedily explored her body before shoving her on to the next man . |