Example sentences of "before [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andrew Kelway , confident of Timlyn 's acceleration , tracked Elver Season before pouncing on the run to the final fence . |
| 2 | But if someone had had an accident and could not work , his shaikh consulted other elderly men before making a levy , or before drawing on the lineage bank account . |
| 3 | A weekly list of horses to follow BATZUSHKA : Set a blistering pace before capitulating on the final climb in Newmarket 's Middle Park Stakes won by Balla Cove . |
| 4 | In Salman Rushdie 's The Satanic Verses , two Indian men , Farishta and Chamcha , fall out of an aeroplane and hang suspended in the air before landing on the shore of Britain , where they begin to reconstruct their identities . |
| 5 | This last means that the auctioneer when lie receives payment from the purchaser can deduct his commission charges before passing on the money to the vendor . |
| 6 | I would , before passing on the next part of our programme , I would like to warmly thank Judy and Simon and Richard and Tony , not only for their presentations , their carefully thought out presentations to give us as broad a span as possible of how they see the priorities , what is happening at this time , but for everything else they do in leading their teams and initiating so many of the exchanges that take place , which adds so much , as has been said by , both by Judy and by other speakers , to carry N C V O forward . |
| 7 | But there is a limit to how much further they can go before passing on the additional costs created by the devaluation last September , and inflation is likely to edge higher after next month . |
| 8 | His thoughts often centred on the foot of the horse , and he wasted no time in his introductory lecture before remarking on the correlation of structure and function that was exhibited by the frog of the foot . |
| 9 | We bathed our feet deliciously before sprawling on the soft mossy bank in the drying heat of the sun . |
| 10 | Judy was at the reception desk and Fran smiled at her before tapping on the door and entering the boardroom . |
| 11 | Backfilling consists of putting in a layer of aggregate followed by layers of earth , tamping down each layer before shovelling on the next . |
| 12 | This entailed looking at the flag in the distance and then judging the yardage in between before deciding on the club . |
| 13 | Yet before deciding on the implications of this it is worth examining the texts of the other jurists . |
| 14 | Before deciding on the best treatment , the doctor asked her about her health generally . |
| 15 | The Blancs , who have lived in the cottage seven years , spent a long time looking at many ranges before deciding on the white Miele kitchen with its terracotta trim . |
| 16 | Bingham will now assess the situation before deciding on the composition of his squad for next week 's return trip to the Baltic republics . |
| 17 | The user , seated in front of a video display unit ( VDU ) , interacts directly with the computer , inspecting the results produced by one request before deciding on the next . |
| 18 | Before turning on the water supply it 's wise to check all joints : little things like forgetting to roll the flush-pipe gasket over the horn are easily done , and two gallons of water can make an awful mess . |
| 19 | Always put the oil onto a cold bulb before turning on the light . |
| 20 | If tapwater is very hot , it can easily scald sensitive skin and one precaution is to run the cold water into the bath before turning on the hot tap . |
| 21 | The fish were fed at night , before turning on the lights . |
| 22 | But at least everyone will be able to see just how much water they are using , even to the extent of checking the meter just before turning on the sprinkler , and then switching off when the dial shows enough water has been sprayed to cover the lawn or vegetable patch . |
| 23 | With a regretful sigh she closed the window again and made her way into the luxurious en suite bathroom and stripped off the shirt before turning on the shower . |
| 24 | 11 Antonia de Sancha before going on the Richard & Judy Show and then posing half-naked in The Sun. |
| 25 | He had been unsuccessfully trying to off-load the de Kooning to the New York trade for several days before going on the make his bid for Le Miroir . |
| 26 | Canoeists and boaters who use the last freely navigable river in England could soon need a licence before getting on the water . |
| 27 | Make sure that you put the plastic washers provided onto the tape ‘ tails ’ before screwing on the back nuts and that the small fibre washers in the tap connectors are present and are undamaged . |
| 28 | Drill holes and fit the wall plugs before screwing on the shower slider rail or bracket ( see How to drill through tiles in best , issue 20/91 ) . |
| 29 | It has thus been customary for dung and bedding to be rotted for up to a year in a midden ( or field heap ) before spreading on the land . |
| 30 | One of the students had tried to carry out a literature search during the summer , before coming on the course . |