Example sentences of "before [verb] into the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before journeying into the sensory worlds of other animals we need to discard this restricted view . |
| 2 | These are adjusted by the user to obtain a flow of water at the desired heat before stepping into the bath , and the shower can be started as soon as the curtains are pulled round . |
| 3 | Miss Hatherby looked down and shook her head before stepping into the house . |
| 4 | He paused for a moment , checking the hall and stairs before stepping into the room and closing the door behind him . |
| 5 | Carefully she pushed the door open and looked left and right before stepping into the corridor . |
| 6 | It hit one house before crashing into the hallway of Debbie 's 400-year-old home in Donyatt , Somerset . |
| 7 | Behind us , the fanatical ‘ Whaddon Army ’ piled into the social club 's Morris Minor and the black-and-yellow horde sped along the Mitchley by-pass before crashing into the back of us when Reg 's brakes failed . |
| 8 | He threw his wife Sheila out of an emergency exit before leaping into the darkness after her seconds before the explosion . |
| 9 | She flung it at him over her shoulder in the hallway before walking into the lounge , choking on the bitterness of knowing that his belief had come too late . |
| 10 | In some respects this arrangement is similar to that seen in recent hagfishes where a single nostril opens into a duct which passes the single nasal sac before opening into the roof of the mouth . |
| 11 | He led off the line and stayed in front for five of the 15 laps before driving into the pits to have a misfire cured . |
| 12 | ‘ We treat obesity as a handicap , ’ said the steward before launching into the story of the Fat Lady who lifted the toilet seat by mistake and was caught by the waste disposal system . |
| 13 | A quick scan was the best you could hope for before launching into the preparation of a cross-examination . |
| 14 | The convention is sustained , but subtly mocked , in Twelfth Night , where Viola , bearing the suit of Orsino , waits until Maria leaves before launching into the higher style appropriate to romance ( I.v.167ff . ) . |
| 15 | Before launching into the details of his explanation , however , it will be useful to state clearly what it is that is to be explained . |
| 16 | Manager Malcolm Crosby wants to drastically trim the Roker wage bill before launching into the transfer market . |
| 17 | Manager Malcolm Crosby wants to drastically trim the Roker wage bill before launching into the transfer market . |
| 18 | The River Twyver had by then been culverted for much of its length and is shown making occasional appearances near the Cathedral and St Mary De Lode , before emptying into the Dockham Ditch , and hence to the Severn . |
| 19 | The operation had been far from easy , the cable being ‘ … manhandled out of the hold of a steamer , over a pulley and round a drum which measured the speed , and then several times round a brake drum before passing into the sea ’ .5 |
| 20 | The worst affected was a 1935 Lagonda tourer which had been stored in a barn for some years before passing into the Museum 's hands . |
| 21 | Ribeira Brava used to be like a Wild West or oasis town where buses and cars stopped for the occupants to take advantage of coffee , drinks and food and to fill their vehicle with petrol before venturing into the ‘ Beyond ’ or the ‘ Outback ’ . |
| 22 | People remove watches , jewellery and chains before venturing into the menacing streets . |
| 23 | Like genii , too , they must be uncorked in a dark room to dance briefly in their own time , before receding into the invisible world of memory again . |
| 24 | Burnley had taken the lead in the 13th minute when Adrian Heath capitalised on a dreadful clearance by Town keeper Tom Clarke , slipping the ball past Clarke before slotting into the empty net . |
| 25 | If an exhaust system has two such articles this offence is not committed if the gases pass through any such article before escaping into the atmosphere . |
| 26 | It wobbled and contracted , becoming shorter and fatter , before trembling into the yellow shape of the Land Rover . |
| 27 | From Esterençuby you can press onwards and upwards , towards the frontier , and then either branch right , back into the complex of mountain roads to the west that would take you eventually down again to Arnéguy , or else left , along a narrow , lonely , but not totally nerve-racking road which climbs high up on the north flank of the watershed , before relapsing into the next valley to the east . |
| 28 | Try mixing two types of chocolate to give a marbled effect before pouring into the moulds . |
| 29 | He gathered in the tarpaulin as a yachtsman might a spinnaker and dumped it behind him before peering into the semi-darkness . |
| 30 | Two sets of footsteps , one heavy and unsteady , and the light ones aye behind them , mounted the stairs and paused long at Eachuinn Odhar 's door , before turning into the room opposite . |