Example sentences of "before [verb] through the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Faye had already turned to the thick , creamy frontispiece to check for herself before leafing through the rest of the volume . |
| 2 | Suddenly we are no longer human , we 're some desperate machine crashing and pumping before exploding through the room . |
| 3 | I can remember waiting some minutes before walking through the house , knowing that there must be proof of burglary at the back door , and when I got there in an uncomprehending state , lo and behold the kitchen door was broken right down ! |
| 4 | The craft passes down a wide channel between sheer cliffs lined with castles , ramparts and defences , before passing through the second portal , a gate of shining silver set with sapphires the size of a man 's head . |
| 5 | Sail to Esna where you will visit the Temple of Esna before passing through the lock of Esna and sailing on to Luxor for dinner and overnight . |
| 6 | The light beam , which can be polarized , or left unpolarized , is collimated before passing through the cell . |
| 7 | The 21-year-old was spending her first night at Sussex University , near Brighton , when she was woken at about 4am by a man who turned on the bedroom light , held a knife to her throat and raped her , before escaping through the open window by which he had entered . |
| 8 | No firm conclusions are drawn , however , before going through the succeeding ‘ discussion ’ stage . |
| 9 | She paused , however , before going through the door . |
| 10 | A customer could , therefore , ring round the booths seeking preliminary quotes , before going through the form of putting two traders out into the pit to effect the execution . |
| 11 | Fly to New York and skate on the Rockefeller ice rink before trudging through the snow to see The Nutcracker Suite at the Lincoln Center . |
| 12 | This is where you need to establish a focus before viewing through the task you set . |
| 13 | The eight youths had each drunk up to 15 cans of lager and shared a bottle of Pernod before rampaging through the village of Alverstoke , Hants . |
| 14 | Wade John Frankum , 33 , hacked a 15 year-old girl to death with a machete before rampaging through the shopping complex firing randomly at bystanders . |
| 15 | I had arranged to meet Howard Imber , the writer , for a script conference over dinner at 8 , and fell on to the bed intending to rest for ten minutes before reading through the thick camera script . |
| 16 | He paused before ducking through the doorway . |
| 17 | ‘ Somewhere , ’ he replied and switched the kettle on before rummaging through the drawers . |
| 18 | Before disappearing through the brick arch she turned and gave him a final smile and a wave . |