Example sentences of "before [v-ing] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joseph Parker , before preaching in a village chapel , was overheard to say , ‘ Jesus be near me , very near me , near me all the time ’ . |
| 2 | They were just two friends , enjoying the cool evening air , perhaps walking up a thirst before repairing to a beer hall . |
| 3 | But the floor was wet and I slid along before colliding with a slab of sprats , cod and ice which showered over me . |
| 4 | When a document has been saved it should be cleared from the screen before typing in a new document and not merely deleted ( which introduces the danger of unknowingly overwriting the file just saved ) . |
| 5 | ‘ Do n't talk nonsense , ’ Tremayne said a shade uneasily , and bumped the Land Rover across the ruts of the track and onto the smooth upland grass before drawing to a halt . |
| 6 | Before fusing with a tumour cell , an antibody-producing cell ( one known as a B cell ) must be stimulated to react to the substance its antibodies will recognise . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In use the banding clamp is adjusted before gluing to a diameter slightly larger than that of the assembled segments . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | This is permitted only on condition that they help in the conquest of Canaan before returning to a settled life . |
| 15 | She hopes to continue dancing for some time before returning to a career in embalming . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It is designed to help each applicant to make an informed decision before applying for a particular programme of study . |
| 18 | You can then apply a similar method to the second major piece of preparation before applying for a job : matching yourself to the job for which you might apply . |
| 19 | before applying for a divorce . |
| 20 | Marathon , which has mined the North Sea for 20 years , examined geological surveys of its Irish Sea block before applying for a licence . |
| 21 | He spent three years at Charing Cross Hospital School of Nursing before qualifying as a Registered General Nurse in 1983 . |
| 22 | And it 's usual to ask permission before walking into a laboratory . " |
| 23 | Daring skiers used the 60ft ramp to make airborne acrobatic leaps before landing on a giant air-bag at the bottom of the slope . |
| 24 | Before driving in a drunken rage to her house , he is said to have told a friend : ‘ If she is there I am going to burn the house down and burn her down too . |
| 25 | That is not to say brevity is yet a Kinnock hallmark ( ’ I 'll answer this briefly , ’ he told foreign correspondents on Friday before launching into a five-minute response ) . |
| 26 | ‘ Life Forever ’ gives birth to one of the most gorgeous , melancholy intros you 'll have heard for eons , before launching into a track that has the potential to take the pelican crossing between all manner of specialist clubs . |
| 27 | ‘ Historically , people have looked to Europe as a place to make up the profit margins they had to give away in the States , ’ Apple spokesperson Frank O'Mahoney admitted to me immediately before launching into a lengthy explanation of how computer prices in Europe are now tumbling to less obscene levels . |
| 28 | From humble beginnings in Altarnun , Neville Burnard was to haunt the fashionable salons of London before dying in a Cornish workhouse . |
| 29 | He had always been very highly strung and eventually suffered a complete mental and physical breakdown before dying in a private lunatic asylum in Roehampton 2 January 1900 . |
| 30 | The couple drove the half-mile from the church to the grounds of Balmoral Castle in their Range Rover before climbing into a fairytale horse-drawn carriage . |