Example sentences of "before going [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stephen said hallo to Dadda before going upstairs to start work on the three-piece suite they had brought in on Friday . |
| 2 | He waited until Meredith had turned the corner before going downstairs to put on his Sunday overcoat . |
| 3 | With a firm little nod , and still smiling , she pushed the note into her dressing-gown pocket before going downstairs to find a bucket . |
| 4 | Later I watched as the white cliffs of Dover diminished in the ship 's wake , before going downstairs to get some sleep . |
| 5 | Trent gathered it and wrapped it with ties to the boom before going forward to raise the storm jib . |
| 6 | She had planned to work for a year in England then take a post-graduate certificate in education at London University before going home to do her officer training in Australia . |
| 7 | He had been based in England up to the age of twenty-two before going abroad to earn his living as a surfer . |
| 8 | Illness forced his resignation , but having recovered his health , Cilby resumed work , founding missions in Birmingham , Somerset and Cornwall before going abroad to work for the deaf and dumb in South Africa and in the West Indies . |