Example sentences of "before [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They dropped the stretcher by Tommy 's side and dragged him on to the canvas before jogging back towards the trench . |
| 2 | Go past High Close youth hostel before branching off to the right on to a path which goes around the lower slopes of Loughrigg Fell to Rydal village ( 2.5 miles ) . |
| 3 | It rises steadily to a height of almost 600 feet above the loch before levelling out at the top of a headland ; cars may be parked here and a short stroll reveals an extensive panorama of exquisite beauty without a discordant note . |
| 4 | The Range Rover left it behind quickly on a steep road which wound up in hairpin bends for a mile before levelling out on the road to Haverfordwest . |
| 5 | We left Paris behind and drove off on a series of flyovers and underpasses , before drawing up outside the gates of Fort St Nogent on the outskirts . |
| 6 | In the cottage he dumped her none too gently in one of the armchairs before the fire , pausing only to stir the embers back to life before stamping out towards the kitchen . |
| 7 | ‘ Harlots , ’ replied Ellen repressively , waiting until the wagon was some distance ahead before stepping on to the bridge . |
| 8 | The man in the leather jacket stood on the platform for a moment longer before stepping up into the carriage next to Donna 's . |
| 9 | Then he allowed the body to drop to the floor , watching it twitch for a second before stepping back into the shadows from which he 'd emerged . |
| 10 | He paused before stepping out onto the roof , a look of horror on his face . |
| 11 | I shook his hand , before stepping out into the street . |
| 12 | ‘ If you ran a mile race , you would go off fairly quickly then settle at an even pace before building up towards the end . |
| 13 | making a brief but dazzling comeback before crashing on to the spikes of despair once more when John fell to his death from a lofty scaffold , and history repeated itself |
| 14 | Isabel gave the grey a last pat and made sure the door was securely closed before speeding back through the rain to her own shelter . |
| 15 | I climbed a wall to drink at the beck , sitting for a while on its banks in the sun before walking on up the legionaries ' highway crossing the Burtersett road under Green Scar Mire and heading up towards Fleet Moss and Kidhow Gate . |
| 16 | It assured him of his right to be here and he picked it up and put it in his jacket pocket before walking through into the hall with its white doors leading to the reception rooms . |
| 17 | There were several messages for her when she arrived back at the hotel , and she worked at her desk until six before walking back to the house through the gathering dusk . |
| 18 | On reconnaissance nights , the submarine had to use precious hours of moonless darkness while she charged her batteries before trimming down in the water with her saddle-tanks just awash , the slight swell breaking occasionally over the casing . |
| 19 | Christina left Stephen a message before driving out to the airport to make her delivery . |
| 20 | Mr Spiro is believed to have shot dead his wife and three children at their luxury rented home near San Diego , California , before driving out to the site . |
| 21 | The showers will become heavier and more frequent , especially in the north and east , before dying out in the afternoon . |
| 22 | He then grabbed all her feathers and threw them in the gutter before storming off in the direction of the Black Bull . |
| 23 | Speechless with rage , Mait hurled the card in the Doctor 's face before storming out of the cell . |
| 24 | Howard went on to introduce his staff and patients , before ending up at the Doctor and Ace . |
| 25 | Before passing on to the maze of closely clustered streets of the old town , spare another glance at the tower . |
| 26 | Gases are introduced under pressure around the lens to cool it before passing out along the beam axis . |
| 27 | By February 1915 , he was sending Aiken ‘ Suppressed Complex ’ , a poem about a soul-like shadow dancing in the firelight of a woman 's room , before passing out of the window . |
| 28 | Slide both thumbs apart and , when you reach the temples , finish with a little circular flourish before gliding off at the hairline ( see Fig. 13 ) . |
| 29 | For a few seconds Luce sat staring at the closed door , trying to make sense of this latest development , before looking down at the tray . |
| 30 | They may be retained there for days or weeks before swimming up to the top of the tract and fertilising an egg . |