Example sentences of "before [verb] [prep] the rest " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Faye had already turned to the thick , creamy frontispiece to check for herself before leafing through the rest of the volume . |
| 2 | These two passages should be read again and again before returning to the rest of the text , which is illuminated by them ; and it then becomes clear that the poem is a work of theory , and not a simple narrative of fact . |
| 3 | I caught a horrifying glimpse of a great sea stretching among the buildings , of people and animals weltering in it , before turning with the rest of the mob in a rush for higher ground . |
| 4 | It will loiter in the London area for a week before heading for the rest of Britain . |
| 5 | If you do find that you have recorded an unsatisfactory shot , cut your losses there and then by reversing back to the beginning so that you can over-record with something better before continuing with the rest of the shoot . |
| 6 | Dickie had just collected the afternoon post from the postman in the lane and given me my letter before taking in the rest to his mother . |
| 7 | It is rather like doing a jigsaw puzzle where one might never get started if insisting first on finding the exact home for this one particular piece before trying with the rest . |
| 8 | IF HE WINS in Barcelona , and sets the gold and lustrous seal upon his career , he will raise himself decisively above such nonsense before retiring to the rest of his life . |