Example sentences of "before being [verb] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | An extreme form of the second is the Spanish fighting bull which undergoes considerable pain before being despatched by the matador , even if this is skilfully done , and often it is n't . |
| 2 | In hospitals without a psychiatric unit , patients usually had to wait several days before being seen by the psychiatrist , occupying medical beds and often antagonizing the medical staff by their presence . |
| 3 | Since early days , the castle has been laid waste and rebuilt many times before being inherited by the great benefactress , Lady Anne Clifford , who restored it in 1660 . |
| 4 | A group of armed rebels seized control of the national radio headquarters in Antananarivo , the capital , early on May 13 and managed to broadcast a statement announcing the overthrow of President Didier Ratsiraka before being overpowered by the security forces . |
| 5 | She lay there awash for almost eight months before being salvaged by the Leith Towage & Salvage Co . |
| 6 | When the queen plotted to have her killed , Snow White is forced to hide in the forest that surrounds the castle , but not before being noticed by the handsome prince , helped by her animal friends and offered shelter by the lovable seven dwarfs |
| 7 | The several hundred Ma delay in the basin impacts after the main phase of accretion can also be explained , because it can be shown that the more massive a body the longer it is likely to survive before being collected by the Moon ( or by the Earth ) . |
| 8 | The former exists throughout the process of perception ; the latter , however , has no existence before being conceived by the mind , and exists only as a conclusion which arises as a result of , after , the mental operation of inferring that the state of affairs it describes is true . |
| 9 | In the later pharaonic centuries Egypt found itself sacked several times by Libyans , Ethiopians , Persians and Assyrians , before being conquered by the Greeks under Alexander in 332 BC . |
| 10 | D'Annuzio led a group of men to occupy Fiume for the Italians , lording over the city for almost a year before being ousted by the wartime Allies . |
| 11 | Many of the Plenderwald trees are massive silver firs , the species that was the original ‘ Christmas tree ’ even in England , before being replaced by the spruce . |
| 12 | The first generation Renault 5 was in production for 13 years before being replaced by the second generation Renault 5 ‘ SuperCinq ’ in 1985 . |
| 13 | Hair was permed and scrunch dried before being pinned by the Ralph Kleeli salon |
| 14 | The Tigercat was one of the Sis-Q firebombing aircraft before being acquired by the Museum . |
| 15 | Once this has been completed each invoice or other costing document will need to be coded before being processed by the computer operator . |
| 16 | Something was burning in the gardens behind Virginia Street , and a yellow smoke spiralled upwards before being caught by the wind and spread across the eastern sky in flat sheets of opalescent grey . |
| 17 | Viccei lay low in a safe house in Hampstead , north London , for one month before being caught by the Flying Squad . |
| 18 | He and his friends would deliberately allow the quicksand to take them up to their knees before being extricated by the other members of the gang . |
| 19 | He had been mayor of Cologne before being expelled by the Nazis . |
| 20 | The original Laughing Man graced the Galeries Lafayette store in Paris , before being bought by the Blackpool Pleasure Beach Company in the 1930s . |