Example sentences of "[adv] before [being] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One is that the children who are caught have to go again until they manage to sit down before being touched . |
| 2 | At Trencern Hill , you 'll see the Giant 's Cradle where legend says victims were taken long before being murdered . |
| 3 | After a meal , when relaxing over a cup of coffee , it is easier to discuss important matters — even a crisis can usually wait for an hour or so before being thought about and tackled . |
| 4 | The Scrap is a temporary store for deleted text , eg before being moved . |
| 5 | The curds of two days ' cheesemaking are mixed together before being milled and pressed . |
| 6 | The three pairs in my tank will all have paired and spawned together before being moved into the 36″ tank . |
| 7 | News of this reached Gawthorpe and a watch was set up , but one night when the vigil had become somewhat relaxed the Chickenley men managed to saw part way through before being disturbed . |
| 8 | While books abound about American pilots and their P-51 Mustangs and B-17 Flying Fortresses , very few books are written about the training that these pilots had to go through before being sent out to fight . |
| 9 | When the queen plotted to have her killed , Snow White is forced to hide in the forest that surrounds the castle , but not before being noticed by the handsome prince , helped by her animal friends and offered shelter by the lovable seven dwarfs |
| 10 | Robert Garcia , a Democratic member of the House of Representatives for New York , resigned his seat on Jan. 7 shortly before being sentenced for his role in the Wedtech corruption case . |
| 11 | Many were affected like the young German student , highly religious and torn with doubts about the morality of the war , who wrote home shortly before being killed at Verdun on June 1st : |
| 12 | Donald needed a fitness test yesterday before being cleared to play in South Africa 's historic first home Test for 22 years against India in Durban this morning . |
| 13 | Three defences made him one of Britain 's most successful world champions ever before being dethroned by Wilfred Benitez in 1981 ( in a fight for which his purse was 400,000 dollars ) yet , curiously , he stayed at his terraced house in Stoke Newington , London . |
| 14 | If time permits the heats are arranged on a double elimination or league basis whereby you have to lose more than once before being eliminated . |
| 15 | Now he has stepped aside , accused of corruption — much as Fernando Collor , another economic liberaliser , had to step aside before being driven out of office in Brazil last year . |
| 16 | In conclusion , a smog alert system should be developed and considered very carefully before being introduced , to ensure that advice to the public is appropriate and does not cause unnecessary anxiety , that any measures proposed to reduce emissions temporarily are directed towards the most relevant sources , and that it does not weaken efforts towards longer-term reductions in air pollution . |
| 17 | The next instant Luce was seized and whirled around joyously before being swung up into his arms . |
| 18 | He predicted that the industry — which the Government has pledged will be privatised in the early 1990s — would be broken up before being sold , with each package containing a mixture of profit and loss-making pits . |
| 19 | The injured man was taken back and beaten up before being taken off and killed . |
| 20 | On occasions it has been necessary for members to ‘ walk the pitch ’ and clear up before being able to play . |
| 21 | Many processors are examining new packing materials and using them to produce complete meals , which contain potatoes and only need heating up before being ready to eat . |
| 22 | In patient 4 , who had been operated on before being referred to our institution , neoplastic cells including centrocyte like appearance infiltrated the mucosa , submucosa , and stomach muscles , with sparse extensions into the perigastric conjunctive tissue . |
| 23 | He was gelded and given time to mature a little before being asked to race , and he did not make his debut until 23 February 1929 . |
| 24 | Tradition , as they say , really does die hard , with yet another example of an event almost dying out before being revived and continuing with renewed vigour . |
| 25 | Had Terry been moved out before being released ? |
| 26 | The levels were then topped up to around 20 metres and final tests were carried out before being handed back to operations . |
| 27 | Something was burning in the gardens behind Virginia Street , and a yellow smoke spiralled upwards before being caught by the wind and spread across the eastern sky in flat sheets of opalescent grey . |
| 28 | In1984 he became secretary to the Museum Advisory Board for Scotland , then worked with Robert Anderson , now director of the British Museum , at the National Museums of Scotland before before being put in charge of Museums and Finance at the Office of Arts and Libraries . |
| 29 | A characteristic Lord Joseph approach : honest , serious and keen to apologise for a complexity of thinking even before being quizzed . |
| 30 | The lower end of the main rotor shaft had moved aft before being restrained , while rotating , by contact of the shaft with the bracket . |