Example sentences of "before [verb] she [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His touch lanced through her like a lightning bolt , clenching every muscle and tightening every nerve before filling her with liquid heat . |
| 2 | Finally they were outside , and Luke took her hand , kissing her quickly before urging her across the road to the car park and into his car . |
| 3 | They bundled her into the living room punched and threatened her with a knife , before spraying her in the face with Ammonia . |
| 4 | It was wonderful to be so close to him again , to feel no barriers between them , and he wasted little time before possessing her with such quick , hot urgency that she was left behind . |
| 5 | ‘ I love you , my darling Laura , ’ he murmured , before joining her on the bed and drawing her gently back into his arms . |
| 6 | Setting her firmly down on the wide base of the large shower cubicle , he swiftly turned on the taps , before joining her beneath the cascade of fresh water . |
| 7 | Had she really expected that one of Italy 's leading industrialists would not check her out before letting her into his house ? |
| 8 | Now Mr and Mrs Jones believe it is easier not to press and to wait until she falls asleep on the settee before taking her to bed ( usually about 11 pm ) . |
| 9 | The men who stopped her had done a lot of talking on their radio before taking her to their police station . |
| 10 | For Rachel , who had never before experienced such intensity of feeling , it was as if he 'd transported her to another world — a world where every sensation was heightened , every touch the prelude to yet more delight as he explored and worshipped every inch of her body before taking her to the peak of fulfilment . |
| 11 | Wait until your baby has been walking for a few weeks before taking her for the first shoe fitting , as toes are crucial in gripping the floor while learning to toddle . |
| 12 | Police spent three hours persuading her to leave the car before taking her for counselling at a police station . |
| 13 | She held out her hand and he looked at her , his amber eyes serious , before taking her in his arms . |
| 14 | He swore softly , colourfully , his face like granite as he swept a gaze round the room before lifting her into his arms and carrying her from the house . |
| 15 | Her attendants pay homage before entertaining her by dancing round the small maypole set up for the purpose . |
| 16 | ‘ It 'll fade , ’ he said , ‘ it 'll soon be gone , ’ and kissed her again before leaving her to herself . |
| 17 | As it was , the most she could hope for was his speedy return to Hong Kong , but for now she supposed she would just have to endure a certain amount of contact , as he had warned her earlier at the party just before leaving her with Cavell Fielding and Penny Seu Chen . |
| 18 | She was still distressed and could have wished that Mr. Crowther had waited a little longer before telling her about her inheritance , when the sadness and regret she felt about Aunt Alicia 's death was not so overpowering . |
| 19 | For example : to move from one foot to two in any glissade , it can and should be when first studied a smooth gliding movement as it is when Albrecht gently draws Giselle to sit on the bench before telling her of his love . |
| 20 | A SEX monster battered a 14-year-old girl before dumping her in a freezing gravel pit and leaving her to drown . |