Example sentences of "before [verb] down the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may remember the last thing the suede coat did before crashing down the alley was to blast off his sawn-off shotgun and watch us diving to the ground . |
| 2 | Naked running was not unknown in the Dales and Pennines , where the locals would strip down to their shoes before leaping down the hills and fells . |
| 3 | He shook his head , smiling ironically , then took a quick swig from the can , before turning down the volume of the TV and picking up the phone . |
| 4 | Cross a field and take the track towards New Barn Farm before heading down the footpath on the left signed Chillerton . |
| 5 | Ten minutes later Mr Mac himself arrived , blasting his big Kawasaki into the yard before strolling down the quay to cast his sceptical gaze at Wavebreaker . |
| 6 | Graham waited until the two men were seated in the cafeteria before moving down the platform to the freight car . |
| 7 | That the program-crunching is done for him by people in Breslau , Poland , who re-transmit the results back to his office in Invernessshire for checking before sending down the line to his customer in the Thames Valley , shows that the supposed imperfections of two apparently notorious national telephone systems in fact present no real obstacle . |
| 8 | Resting his back against the tree , he switched off the flashlight and waited for his irises to expand before starting down the meadow . |
| 9 | Past Bracken Hill beyond Out Brough I looked down at Bainbridge snoozing in the sun before dropping down the last half-mile to the green and the Post Office for something to still the dust . |
| 10 | Before handing down the death sentence , he asked if the two men had anything to say . |
| 11 | In the spreaders forty feet above us the agile topmen , Basso and Rasman , executed hair-raising victory somersaults before shinning down the shrouds with the rough wires grasped between their toes . |
| 12 | He did n't actually say the words , but they were implicit in the final look he gave her before disappearing down the companionway . |
| 13 | The silver ball sped up the slight incline lighting up the Bakelite mushrooms as it struck them , ricocheting back and forwards , up and down , before vanishing down the hole in the corner . |