Example sentences of "before [v-ing] [pn reflx] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wanted to rest and freshen up before foisting himself on you . ’ |
| 2 | To get the best shots of the Falcon 's descent into an American football stadium Steve set up cameras inside the Hercules plane and attached to the freefallers themselves before positioning himself on the ground . |
| 3 | Trent pushed Golden Girl off the beach , swinging the bows round before dragging himself on board . |
| 4 | So much so that he spent fully eight years in a succession of colleges before throwing himself on the tender mercies of the world . |
| 5 | Sogono and I sat on the dock beside the cargo — the crafty old Bugi way out to sea — before restoring ourselves on sticks of shrimp satay and bowls of turquoise ice , yellow maize , red beans , and syrup . |