Example sentences of "before [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It said it one of the guitar magazines I use my all the time before , before winding up for a gig , and all this sees for wrecking one of the guitars ! |
| 32 | The squawking continued for a moment before dying out in a final gurgle as Rev. Levitt recited the prescribed blessing . |
| 33 | The showers will become heavier and more frequent , especially in the north and east , before dying out in the afternoon . |
| 34 | He then grabbed all her feathers and threw them in the gutter before storming off in the direction of the Black Bull . |
| 35 | Speechless with rage , Mait hurled the card in the Doctor 's face before storming out of the cell . |
| 36 | Howard went on to introduce his staff and patients , before ending up at the Doctor and Ace . |
| 37 | A neat bit of rewriting there ; the real Richard was one of the leaders of the Second Crusade which laid waste to Palestine , before ending up with a score-draw against the Arabs whose land he was invading . |
| 38 | Before passing on to the maze of closely clustered streets of the old town , spare another glance at the tower . |
| 39 | After the passage quoted just above concerning the esteem in which Molla Fenari was held and his place in the state , and before passing on to the next event in his life , namely his going on the pilgrimage in 822 ( 8 Dhu " l-Hijja = 26 December 1419 ) , Ibn Hajar writes that Molla Fenari became widely known for his erudition and that he was both pious and abundant in culture and merit " except that he was censured for [ espousing ] the sect of Ibn al- " Arabi and for the fact that he taught the and affirmed it " : he goes on to say that Molla Fenari , on the advice of friends , abjured mention of the subject in Egypt . |
| 40 | Both bought a gratifyingly large number of things before passing on to the next stall , where Miss Pettigrew sat behind pyramids of tinned food , most of which , on closer inspection , proved to be for cats . |
| 41 | Gases are introduced under pressure around the lens to cool it before passing out along the beam axis . |
| 42 | By February 1915 , he was sending Aiken ‘ Suppressed Complex ’ , a poem about a soul-like shadow dancing in the firelight of a woman 's room , before passing out of the window . |
| 43 | Nield , from Cheshire , joined up as a boy in a junior leaders battalion before passing out into the Royal Engineers . |
| 44 | Before acting out as a late Father Christmas , I want to erm , come up with some general , how shall I put it , general considerations , this is why you have slides , you realise that slides are not actually for your benefit , they 're for my benefit , that I can remember where I am and what I 'm supposed to do . |
| 45 | Slide both thumbs apart and , when you reach the temples , finish with a little circular flourish before gliding off at the hairline ( see Fig. 13 ) . |
| 46 | For a few seconds Luce sat staring at the closed door , trying to make sense of this latest development , before looking down at the tray . |
| 47 | Luke shrugged eloquently , his eyes like dark , dreamy pools of liquid as he favoured Fran with a lingering look before looking back at the older woman . |
| 48 | They may be retained there for days or weeks before swimming up to the top of the tract and fertilising an egg . |
| 49 | Before splashing out on a travel cot , ask yourself the following questions to make sure you buy one that really going to do the job you want it to : |
| 50 | At first he will be greatly praised by his people , before sinking down into the dark pit of sin and pride . |
| 51 | The pair had never met before teaming up in a new-look Reds attack . |
| 52 | He smiled fondly at the girl as he spoke , and Paulette , who in truth was very pretty , blew him a kiss before lying back on the pillows . |
| 53 | ‘ Laura ! ’ he groaned , tossing aside his shirt and swiftly divesting himself of his clothes before lying down on the bed beside her . |
| 54 | With Kallicharran , who made 97 , he put on 303 for the third wicket , with some wonderful strokes all round the wicket that culminated in 36 runs off his last 13 balls before holing out on the boundary . |
| 55 | Before lining up for the first race of the season it 's off to the now-standard bits-and-bobs shop , where you can spend up to $100,000 upgrading your jalopy . |
| 56 | When he was out of sight she crossed the great court to the gatehouse , passed by the open door apparently without a glance , and stood for some minutes in the gateway , looking along the Foregate , before turning back towards the guesthouse . |
| 57 | " It might be too late then , " Joseph said slapping Patrick on the shoulder , before turning back into the shop and closing the door . |
| 58 | The train puffed to a stop ; only five passengers alighted , and the only male among them a tall young man , his hair so fair that from a distance it appeared almost white , waved to them before turning back to the carriage and lifting out a case . |
| 59 | His grip lingered on the translator 's hand and he smiled faintly at her before turning back to the Chief of Protocol who was standing behind him . |
| 60 | It was cool in the shade and I stayed for a while by the deep pool below the falls before turning back to the path and climbing through the heat of the late morning past Poor 's Land towards Knarlton Knot . |