Example sentences of "before [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Looking to the future further controls on mercury ought to follow the path it takes before accumulating in the fish . |
| 32 | He stretches and stifles a yawn , there 's a few days stubble on his jowl , hair thin but shaggy , eyes peering briefly above the rim of his sunglasses , suede fringes swaying from his jacket as he roams the room before plonking into a chair . |
| 33 | In use the banding clamp is adjusted before gluing to a diameter slightly larger than that of the assembled segments . |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | But captain Graham Gooch waited almost 60 hours before phoning with the bad news at 9.30 yesterday morning . |
| 36 | SUEDE 's past has come back to haunt them in the form of a former business associate with whom they had dealings before signing to the Nude label . |
| 37 | Just before Marsworth a four mile circular walk leaves the canal at Watery Lane , follows a short section of the Grand Union Canal proper going north before returning across the fields to the car park at Startop 's End Reservoir . |
| 38 | Skinner continued in that appointment at Munsterlager and Catterick , before returning for a third tour in Northern Ireland , during which he was again mentioned in despatches . |
| 39 | Second time around was more impressive with the Swilers overwhelmed 61–7 as outside-half Gareth Rees provided four tries and eight conversions before returning for a second season of club rugby in France . |
| 40 | Being Ireland , they ended up by eating three teas , then roared out to a singing pub in Howth , then went for a major curry before returning for a ‘ little party ’ in a student house . |
| 41 | The hero , Beowulf , does battle with Grendel and Grendel 's mother , two enormous monsters which haunt the swamps — ‘ moras ’ in Anglo-Saxon — from which they emerge to wreak havoc before returning to a mere in the very heart of the fen : ‘ The lake which they inhabit lies not many miles from here , overhung with groves of rime-crusted trees whose thick roots darken the water . ’ |
| 42 | An unplanned twenty-minute hold prior to the display further reduced his fuel reserves , and the pilot intended to refuel at Denham before returning to a private strip at Pangbourne . |
| 43 | This is permitted only on condition that they help in the conquest of Canaan before returning to a settled life . |
| 44 | She hopes to continue dancing for some time before returning to a career in embalming . |
| 45 | SCOTTISH football legislators are giving serious consideration to scrapping relegation this season and agreeing to set up a 14-club Premier Division next term as a temporary measure before returning to a top tier of ten teams in 1994-95 . |
| 46 | Marion and her son had an agreeable high tea of poached eggs on toast , tea and cakes , went for a little walk along Old Compton Street and bought some gorgonzola and a pound of cherries before returning to the theatre for the evening show ; he was allowed to watch the first act from the wings before making his way back to Putney on his own . |
| 47 | In 1969 he was Polonius in the Roundhouse , prior-to-Broadway , Hamlet , before returning to the RSC in 1972 and making his National Theatre debut in 1974 . |
| 48 | Shirley , 54 , took a year off before returning to the stage . |
| 49 | This was followed by experience at the Capital Hotel , London , and the Toastmaster Inn , Burham , Kent , as chef de partie , before returning to the Capital Hotel as sous chef . |
| 50 | Miss Danziger thanked the Colonel for his concerned attention , indicating her desire not to take the conversation further and her intention to visit the cloakroom before returning to the Hall . |
| 51 | This is where I performed my gravity-defying experiments with the wind before returning to the cliff-top in the company of a couple of other walkers who , like me , were thoroughly enjoying these extraordinary conditions . |
| 52 | The more normal ‘ indirect ’ system has two water circuits : a primary circuit which is heated in the boiler and then circulates to a heat-exchange unit inside the hot water cylinder before returning to the boiler to be reheated ; and a second circuit which runs from the boiler to the radiators . |
| 53 | Before returning to the Cape , he had written ‘ I have been idle so long that I doubt if I shall ever do a single grand battement in my life again — I crack when I move . ’ |
| 54 | The first section of this , before reaching the viaduct , is a springboard for a circular tour of the Batty Green Holes , visiting in particular Roger Kirk Cave , Cuddy Gill Pot and Runscar Caves before returning to the road . |
| 55 | The fans absolutely loved him and would throng the terraces to witness his extrovert pre-match warm-up sessions , in which he entertained and even amused the supporters before returning to the dressing-room as mud-stained and soiled as if he had been playing in a game . |
| 56 | George 's merits were recognised within the game with a number of minor representative honours , and when he left us he had a spell with Millwall before returning to the Midlands to play for Kidderminster . |
| 57 | This is followed by a tour of the National Stud ; Mares and foals can be seen until the end of July ; the stallions are viewed and the routine of the Stud is fully explained before returning to the museum at approximately 1600 . |
| 58 | BEFORE RETURNING TO THE MUSIC , LET'S take time out to talk about the sound : does Denon 's painstaking work with these Savoy masters really represent an audible improvement or does it mean — as with some historic classical recordings that have been treated to ‘ NoNOISE ’ or ‘ Cedar ’ — merely reduced surface noise at the expense of the loss of the top end ( important ambient noise , feathery cymbals etc. ) and a tubby overall sound ? |
| 59 | Follow the red woodpecker symbol to the ancient Church Path Oak and along the edge of Salcey lawn before returning to the car park . |
| 60 | This means that in the case of fish some of the blood must make two or three trips around the lung circuit , and some carbon-dioxide-bearing blood makes several trips round the body before returning to the heart . |