Example sentences of "before [verb] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andrew Kelway , confident of Timlyn 's acceleration , tracked Elver Season before pouncing on the run to the final fence . |
| 2 | But if someone had had an accident and could not work , his shaikh consulted other elderly men before making a levy , or before drawing on the lineage bank account . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Daring skiers used the 60ft ramp to make airborne acrobatic leaps before landing on a giant air-bag at the bottom of the slope . |
| 5 | In Salman Rushdie 's The Satanic Verses , two Indian men , Farishta and Chamcha , fall out of an aeroplane and hang suspended in the air before landing on the shore of Britain , where they begin to reconstruct their identities . |
| 6 | This last means that the auctioneer when lie receives payment from the purchaser can deduct his commission charges before passing on the money to the vendor . |
| 7 | I would , before passing on the next part of our programme , I would like to warmly thank Judy and Simon and Richard and Tony , not only for their presentations , their carefully thought out presentations to give us as broad a span as possible of how they see the priorities , what is happening at this time , but for everything else they do in leading their teams and initiating so many of the exchanges that take place , which adds so much , as has been said by , both by Judy and by other speakers , to carry N C V O forward . |
| 8 | But there is a limit to how much further they can go before passing on the additional costs created by the devaluation last September , and inflation is likely to edge higher after next month . |
| 9 | A PENSIONER bandit held up a bank with a sawn-off shotgun before escaping on a bicycle yesterday . |
| 10 | A ROBBER wearing a Santa hat held up a bank with a sawn-off shotgun before escaping on a bicycle yesterday . |
| 11 | His thoughts often centred on the foot of the horse , and he wasted no time in his introductory lecture before remarking on the correlation of structure and function that was exhibited by the frog of the foot . |
| 12 | We bathed our feet deliciously before sprawling on the soft mossy bank in the drying heat of the sun . |
| 13 | Judy was at the reception desk and Fran smiled at her before tapping on the door and entering the boardroom . |
| 14 | Backfilling consists of putting in a layer of aggregate followed by layers of earth , tamping down each layer before shovelling on the next . |
| 15 | This should n't be less than 225mm , but before deciding on a firm measurement , the same calculation should be applied to the vertical measurement , between the highest and lowest points . |
| 16 | Another is the chance to try many variations before deciding on a design . |
| 17 | For older children , there are more complex issues to think over before deciding on a course of action . |
| 18 | However , it is vital to be thoroughly familiar with the whole course content and requirements before deciding on a time-scale . |
| 19 | Horoscopes were also extremely popular and frequently drawn up for Protestant clergy and laity ; even Queen Elizabeth , the head of the English church , consulted her astrologer before deciding on a date for her coronation . |
| 20 | Before deciding on a particular course , it is worthwhile giving a little thought to the best time to go and the subjects which the counselling should cover . |
| 21 | Finally , before deciding on a style for your window , stand back and take another look at its size in relation to the rest of the room . |
| 22 | It is best to consider a number of homes and to keep your own house before deciding on a permanent move . |
| 23 | Obviously people do not wait until the end of the utterance before deciding on an interpretation . |
| 24 | This entailed looking at the flag in the distance and then judging the yardage in between before deciding on the club . |
| 25 | Yet before deciding on the implications of this it is worth examining the texts of the other jurists . |
| 26 | Before deciding on the best treatment , the doctor asked her about her health generally . |
| 27 | The Blancs , who have lived in the cottage seven years , spent a long time looking at many ranges before deciding on the white Miele kitchen with its terracotta trim . |
| 28 | Bingham will now assess the situation before deciding on the composition of his squad for next week 's return trip to the Baltic republics . |
| 29 | The user , seated in front of a video display unit ( VDU ) , interacts directly with the computer , inspecting the results produced by one request before deciding on the next . |
| 30 | Before turning on the water supply it 's wise to check all joints : little things like forgetting to roll the flush-pipe gasket over the horn are easily done , and two gallons of water can make an awful mess . |