Example sentences of "before [verb] up the " in BNC.

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1 These include open discussion with all staff before drawing up the policy , three months ’ advance warning of proposed changes , and a working party made up of both smokers and non-smokers to seek out and respond to the staff 's views .
2 She waited until it had stalked away before picking up the remains of the Geiger-Muller counter and dropping them into the holdall .
3 One dealer at Bailey McMahon , just before picking up the phone to speak with clients , would chant : " I 'll rip your head off .
4 Before picking up the phone to place a brief , it is important to consider the following :
5 Holidaymakers contemplating taking their diesel estate cars to the Dordogne or Brittany this summer would do well to wait until they drive off the cross-Channel ferry before topping up the tank .
6 Comb from tip to root , working out the knots at the end before moving up the hair .
7 Before moving up the screen to print the next four sections , manually move the continuous stationery in the printer to the start of a new page , otherwise , the next section printed will join with this one .
8 He switched on the light before holding up the picture for Wycliffe 's inspection .
9 BEFORE starting up the savings and investment ladder , you must sort out your personal finances .
10 This is a very nasty rip-off trick to play on the unsuspecting public as a petrol crank will last until well out of the guarantee period before giving up the unequal struggle .
11 You know , before running up the door !
12 Later the same afternoon he claimed cutlass , E4 6b which follows the grooved arête left of Sgian Dubh before finishing up the crackline right of The Peeler .
13 Doing Ophelia on stage before taking up the BBC contract meant that I went there with a little track record — I 'd been blooded , if you like , and it made the whole thing a lot better .
14 Features , like seams and folds , should be marked for visual effects before taking up the chisel , as inaccuracies can not be corrected once a deep gouge or V-tool has been used .
15 Additionally , if you have received treatment or advice for a medical condition during the 2 years before taking up the Hospital Income Plan , your cover for the condition commences after you have been insured for 24 months or if you are admitted to hospital for that condition during this period then as soon after the 24 months as you have been free of in-patient treatment for 12 months .
16 They then move a little further down before taking up the major part of their trip , largely unbroken to the Gulf of Mexico except for stopovers to explore the towns and recover from incidents , including loss of their canoe on one occasion .
17 She sha she has also asked if her place could be deferred for a year so that she may gain as much relevant experience as possible before taking up the course .
18 He began as an alto player in the 1930s playing with such musicians as Teddy Buckner and Jimmy Lunceford , before taking up the tenor saxophone at the request of Howard McGhee in the mid-1940s .
19 He picked the clothes up off the floor and put them away in the wardrobe , and found the President a clean pair of slacks and a shirt before sweeping up the broken glass .
20 In the next three hours they heard and saw nothing ashore before setting up the signal light and infrared beam at 0015 that Sunday morning : an hour or so later the first craft — carrying the Rangers — came past , some 10 minutes late .
21 KnitLeader owners can use any suitable block , but the number of rows to be knitted in each piece has to be worked out before setting up the garter carriage .
22 Before setting up the charity , Pauline worked as the arts education officer for Derry City Council and realised the North West needed a play resource centre to ‘ turn waste things into creative things ’ .
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