Example sentences of "before we [verb] down " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's making a game of it before we go down that matters . |
| 2 | Before we go down to breakfast we make sure we lock the door . |
| 3 | ‘ I thought we 'd better just have a quiet word together before we go down and see the kids on the beach , ’ Ben was saying as Carole bustled back into the room , carrying a tray laden with plates of cakes and biscuits . |
| 4 | Before we get down to examining this unusual and highly specialised guitar , it 's worth mentioning once again that there are two Manson brothers , behind two quite separate operations : Hugh is in the solid electric guitar business , while Andy makes acoustics , electro-acoustics and carved arch-top jazz guitars . |
| 5 | But before we get down to the equations I must say a few words in defence of the approach I choose . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm sorry to keep you waiting , ’ he went on , ‘ but those of you who have been here before will know that I like to say a few words to break the ice before we get down to the real business of the weekend . |
| 7 | Can I say that we are now organising quite tightly the business of street collections , and I think if committee are minded to reduce the number of collections that we allow , we should decide that before we come to this meeting , because I think it 's very difficult in practical terms to do it at this stage , and therefore I would suggest that we do agree twenty-one , not withstanding what Graham said , we can take on board some of what he said , and maybe the month before we are asked to take this decision , we have an item on the agenda where we discuss the principle before we get down to the practicalities . |
| 8 | We just had time to eat a beautiful breakfast and read the complimentary morning papers before we touched down at London . |
| 9 | Before we came down here to clean the caravan . |
| 10 | Before we went down to the kitchen Elinor patted all the Napoleana into place , violets and Redouté roses ; a picture of him riding his horse , Marengo , and that one of him feeling for his wallet ; matchstick models made by French prisoners of war and a tricolour flying at half-mast . |
| 11 | But before we went down into the |
| 12 | One woman whose mother was coming to live with her and her husband solved her problem by saying quite firmly beforehand , ‘ Now Tom and I like to eat supper alone and have a couple of hours ’ quiet talk together in the evening before we settle down to watch television , Mother . |
| 13 | One evening , as they worked happily together , feeding and attending to the livestock , George said , ‘ I 'll just take a walk along the beck before we settle down , and check those sheep I 've brought down for lambing . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ We 've got a lot of living to do before we settle down , ’ she said . |
| 15 | ‘ There is a long way to go before we break down the ‘ them up at Salisbury ’ attitude . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ There 's a long way to go before we break down the ‘ them up at Salisbury attitude ’ |
| 17 | We 'd all been listening to things like reggae and Spanish music , and when we got together to rehearse , we 'd be playing all kinds of crazy stuff before we settled down to get serious . ’ |
| 18 | Before we sat down in the restaurant Jamila took me aside and kissed me on the mouth . |
| 19 | And er but my husband was down here er a good year before we moved down here because there was n't accommodation available for us to move with i him you see ? |