Example sentences of "before going [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sooner I can get the air-conditioning on , the better , ’ he said , taking off his own jacket before going over to inspect the rather antiquated unit , set in the lower frame of one of the windows . |
| 2 | Stephen said hallo to Dadda before going upstairs to start work on the three-piece suite they had brought in on Friday . |
| 3 | He then proceeded to stare into Charlie 's ears and eyes before going on to hit his kneecaps with a rubber stick . |
| 4 | ‘ We do not need a peace envoy , thank you very much , ’ Sir Patrick said , before going on to emphasise that what was needed was a settlement from the current all-party talks process . |
| 5 | George Smith , aided and abetted by Martin Crook , unearthed Big-Fin-Reef-Squid E5 6b on the left of Hyll Drem itself before going on to tackle the fins of rock between Primus and Burner , resulting in Of All the Bars in All the World , E6 6b ; apparently every other move involves a knee-bar , but probably only if you 're as tall as George — the rest of us should merely levitate . |
| 6 | By careful selection of topics from the content of the module , the student can be provided with the opportunity of exploring the usefulness and limitations of selected strategies to different types of problem before going on to tackle the formal investigation . |
| 7 | It was here that he had become a doorman before going on to live in England . |
| 8 | Before going on to examine the Franco-German relationship and the German Question in the next chapter , however , it is worth asking what it is about Britain that makes it so sensitive over national sovereignty . |
| 9 | Before going on to examine the more detailed contributions of Russian Formalism to specific areas of literary studies , it might be worth pausing to assess the Formalist position by comparing it with the assumptions which it had set out to replace , and which to a certain extent continue to inform ( albeit implicitly ) critical studies still being produced today . |
| 10 | So before going on to explain the origins of the London-based research , I shall give some background to the language situation in the Caribbean . |
| 11 | In his post match press conference Tony Jacklin also chose to stress the marvellous atmosphere the match had been held in before going on to reiterate that he would n't be serving a fifth term as Captain . |
| 12 | If you are a community nurse , you will obviously not give all your clients with diabetes their morning insulin at the same time , but you may well attend to those needing insulin before going on to visit people with other needs . |
| 13 | I do like to be able to pick a fish up by its head , ’ William Black said , waving a sea bass in rigor mortis at me , before going on to inspect its gills . |
| 14 | Back to the campus and a free shower in the sports annexe , then kill some time in the Union before going on to see Diane . |
| 15 | Dmitri had beaten Prean in the semi-finals of the Austrian Open on Sunday before going on to take the title . |
| 16 | Before going on to ask what happens in area 17 , it is worth digressing to point out that things are rather different in other vertebrates . |
| 17 | Further objections to the term ‘ popular culture ’ have come from left-wing or Socialist historians who also question the cultural value of these activities before going on to ask whether the word ‘ popular ’ needs also to be examined . |
| 18 | Mr Crompton , awarded the OBE in 1962 , joined the RAF in 1942 and flew in India and Burma before going on to hold a number of RAF training positions . |
| 19 | So I wondered what chance I had of outstaying Lebanese men who had picked up their first Kalashnikov aged six , or the Vietnamese man who had seen his mother raped before going on to kill his first Cambodian at the age when I was doing my Common Entrance . |
| 20 | But I recall Lord Darlington opening the discussions by formally welcoming the guests , before going on to outline the strong moral case for a relaxing of various aspects of the Versailles treaty , emphasizing the great suffering he had himself witnessed in Germany . |
| 21 | Everyone connected with The Championships , however , not least the world 's top players , know that Jim 's expertise and determination , steadily developed since he first began working with grass at Shepherd 's Bush Cricket Club in 1950 , before going on to spend 25 years at St George 's Hill , had more than silenced all the criticism which was developing about the state of the Wimbledon courts in the early 1980's . |
| 22 | After a five day course on reach truck driving Derek scored an outstanding 85 per cent in the written test before going on to give a perfect display of driving for the examiners . |
| 23 | Before going on to analyse the kinds of blocking technique one might nevertheless use , I want to briefly explain what I mean by the terms ‘ open ’ and ‘ closed ’ sides when referring to a stance . |
| 24 | Since the questions of apprenticeship and pay lie at the heart of the problem , we should first examine the surviving evidence to discover how long an apprenticeship women actually served , and how much they were paid , before going on to analyse the re-organization of the work process . |
| 25 | She began a letter a month after their arrival with the words , ‘ Here we are in a large mansion , in a large park , with seventy head of deer around us ’ , before going on to describe a house which contained ‘ furniture enough for a dozen families like ours ’ . |
| 26 | Before going on to describe the basic features of these techniques , a few words are necessary about the general field of quantitative techniques . |
| 27 | After preparing the meat , make sure the work surfaces or chopping board which have been in contact with raw meat and poultry are disinfected with a germ-killing product such as Domestos Multi Surface Cleaner , before going on to prepare salad stuffs and vegetables . |
| 28 | Before going on to step three , insert the following steps : |
| 29 | Next month he travels to Nuremburg to do parish work before going on to work in the archives in the Papal capital . |
| 30 | Very often pupils will benefit from the opportunity to see and handle , and discuss a few selected artefacts at close hand , before going on to work in the display galleries . |