Example sentences of "[v-ing] a [noun] before " in BNC.
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| 1 | If materials for different contracts are included on the same order this may well lead to the supplier repeating the presentation on the invoice , thus necessitating a split before costing . |
| 2 | There was also the practice , now seemingly defunct , of relisting a case before a full court at the behest of the dissentient member of a tripartite panel . |
| 3 | In his Life and Habits of Wild Animals , Wolf drew a crocodile seizing a tiger before the eyes of its mate , a gazelle dislodging a leopard from its back by dashing under a low branch , and such exciting episodes — the animal equivalents of the genre paintings in which Victorians delighted . |
| 4 | A tap at the door announced the arrival of Madame L'Hermitte who , pushing a trolley before her , announced loudly enough for Felicity to catch , ‘ Madame , je peux servir ? ’ |
| 5 | In the same little volume Boulestin gives us an explanation of the old-fashioned French custom of serving a vegetable before the roast — an explanation which contains also some sound gastronomic advice : |
| 6 | The combined P7s of two Belfast primary schools looked on , their faces agog with the possibility of writing a symphony before extra time . |
| 7 | Left , top : reassuring a patient before treating her . |
| 8 | There were , of course , differences between taking a grievance to a supernatural being and instituting a case before a magistrate . |
| 9 | Presenting a report before an audience in this way and making themselves vulnerable to questions and criticisms were new experiences which many governors continue to find unsettling . |
| 10 | Only acrobatics from teenage keeper Declan Devine prevented Smith from completing a hat-trick before the break . |
| 11 | For the last hour his progressively alcoholised brain had reminded him of the consequences of justice ( small ‘ j ’ ) : of bringing a criminal before the courts , ensuring that he was convicted for his sins ( or was it his crimes ? ) , and then getting him locked up for the rest of his life , perhaps , in a prison where he would never again go to the WC without someone observing such an embarrassingly private function , someone smelling him , someone humiliating him . |
| 12 | Hopes of tomorrow 's talks on the ambulance dispute producing a settlement before Christmas faded when the management side ruled out any new offer . |
| 13 | These include requiring a Court before giving a custodial sentence to consider a report by the probation service and to give reasons for such a sentence , except for the most serious offences ; also to satisfy itself that the offence was serious enough to justify the use of custody . |
| 14 | Despite the misty rain the street was busy ; the pubs had chalk-boards outside advertising their lunchtime menus ; two of the shops had scaffolding against them , getting a face-lift before the start of the season . |
| 15 | United had won two successive games without conceding a goal before last night 's difficult trip to Liverpool , and Fazackerley said : ‘ We have a lot of games to play against teams near the bottom like us and our players are getting fit again after all the injury problems . |
| 16 | They had weathered Bridgend 's early fury , conceding a try before coming back with some confidence to score three of their own . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm having a shower before breakfast , ’ Steve called out to her , and with a sigh of relief Ruth sank to a kitchen chair to wait for the kettle to boil . |
| 18 | Liz does n't like me having a snort before sundown . ’ |
| 19 | I know Miss Mates wo n't mind you having a rest before that long walk back . |
| 20 | The dog will soon come to anticipate its walk eagerly , and rapidly settle into the routine of having a run before returning to you . |
| 21 | You are sitting in your farmhouse having a meal before going out to tend the stock again . |
| 22 | Tribe , not knowing how to fly when the propeller stopped turning , glided heavily eastward and crash-landed in a field full of German infantry , who were having a meal before going up to join the attack . |
| 23 | Radio broadcaster Jimmy Young was also at the Palace collecting a CBE before rushing off to prepare for his Budget special programme on Radio 2 later . |
| 24 | We shall be placing a motion before the House inviting it to endorse the agreement . |
| 25 | Erm , you , a lot of people now talk as though it 's erm , plain sailing or flying for B Sky B and it 's gon na be er , hunky-dory , whereas Anglia Television have just written their stake down to a prenominal amount because they do n't think it 's gon na make , stand a chance of making a profit before the turn of the millennium . |
| 26 | On Oct. 9 a special court in Lahore adjourned a hearing against her , at which she had again been present , reportedly to avoid making a ruling before the Oct. 24 elections . |
| 27 | What can an interpreter hope to achieve , playing a symphony before the man who wrote it ? |
| 28 | As soon as a post 's routine was established it would be attacked : Sergeant James and two sappers lay for two days watching a post before deciding that breakfast-time was the right moment for such an attack . |
| 29 | Finance Minister Barend J. du Plessis in his budget speech on March 14 , 1990 , announced expenditure of R72,900 million ( an increase of 9.7 per cent over the 1989/90 budget — see p. 36915 ) ; revenue was expected to reach just under R65,000 million , up by 7.3 per cent on the previous year , leaving a deficit before borrowing which amounted to 2.8 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) . |
| 30 | In fact , they may still be working a week before the opening . |