Example sentences of "before [v-ing] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We scrambled over the chockstone of the Eye onto the plateau and wandered over shimmering snowfields to drink from the icy waters of the Garbh Uisge where it emerged from a shadowy blue tunnel before tumbling from the plateau . |
| 2 | Joseph Parker , before preaching in a village chapel , was overheard to say , ‘ Jesus be near me , very near me , near me all the time ’ . |
| 3 | The MLC expects European pig prices to fall further this summer , before recovering in the autumn , when there are fewer pigs on the market . |
| 4 | They were just two friends , enjoying the cool evening air , perhaps walking up a thirst before repairing to a beer hall . |
| 5 | They will be able to relax in leather-upholstered comfort in the stylish bar before repairing to the dining room to enjoy the finest of food from the estate 's own farms . |
| 6 | In 1992 , despite the deepening recession , the same companies i.e. before allowing for the Magazines loss , earned a profit of £733,500 or £193,000 more than in 1991 . |
| 7 | Andrew Kelway , confident of Timlyn 's acceleration , tracked Elver Season before pouncing on the run to the final fence . |
| 8 | But the floor was wet and I slid along before colliding with a slab of sprats , cod and ice which showered over me . |
| 9 | But Faye had already turned to the thick , creamy frontispiece to check for herself before leafing through the rest of the volume . |
| 10 | ‘ Do n't talk nonsense , ’ Tremayne said a shade uneasily , and bumped the Land Rover across the ruts of the track and onto the smooth upland grass before drawing to a halt . |
| 11 | But if someone had had an accident and could not work , his shaikh consulted other elderly men before making a levy , or before drawing on the lineage bank account . |
| 12 | Carefully she pushed the door open and looked left and right before stepping into the corridor . |
| 13 | Miss Hatherby looked down and shook her head before stepping into the house . |
| 14 | He paused for a moment , checking the hall and stairs before stepping into the room and closing the door behind him . |
| 15 | These are adjusted by the user to obtain a flow of water at the desired heat before stepping into the bath , and the shower can be started as soon as the curtains are pulled round . |
| 16 | Little heed seems to have been paid to the argument that before stepping into an airliner everyone knows a slight risk is involved . |
| 17 | She was nervous before stepping onto the set of Delinquents , just as she had been all those years ago when she did the rehearsals for The Henderson Kids . |
| 18 | GERMAN inflation , now at 4.7 p.c. in the western part of the country , is expected to peak at below 5 p.c. before easing over the course of the year , Bundesbank council member Otmar Issing said yesterday . |
| 19 | Before fusing with a tumour cell , an antibody-producing cell ( one known as a B cell ) must be stimulated to react to the substance its antibodies will recognise . |
| 20 | Behind us , the fanatical ‘ Whaddon Army ’ piled into the social club 's Morris Minor and the black-and-yellow horde sped along the Mitchley by-pass before crashing into the back of us when Reg 's brakes failed . |
| 21 | It hit one house before crashing into the hallway of Debbie 's 400-year-old home in Donyatt , Somerset . |
| 22 | It tore the sconce from its bracket before crashing to the floor , sending debris flying in all directions . |
| 23 | You start the game with three Sopwith Camels ( the best Allied aircraft of WWI ) , each of which can absorb four hits before crashing to the ground . |
| 24 | Those who saw him freeze into immobility against Mike Tyson before crashing to the canvas in the first round in July 1990 believe they are seeing now a repeat of the same symptoms . |
| 25 | ‘ Looking to the future further controls on mercury ought to follow the path it takes before accumulating in the fish . |
| 26 | He stretches and stifles a yawn , there 's a few days stubble on his jowl , hair thin but shaggy , eyes peering briefly above the rim of his sunglasses , suede fringes swaying from his jacket as he roams the room before plonking into a chair . |
| 27 | In use the banding clamp is adjusted before gluing to a diameter slightly larger than that of the assembled segments . |
| 28 | Just before Marsworth a four mile circular walk leaves the canal at Watery Lane , follows a short section of the Grand Union Canal proper going north before returning across the fields to the car park at Startop 's End Reservoir . |
| 29 | The hero , Beowulf , does battle with Grendel and Grendel 's mother , two enormous monsters which haunt the swamps — ‘ moras ’ in Anglo-Saxon — from which they emerge to wreak havoc before returning to a mere in the very heart of the fen : ‘ The lake which they inhabit lies not many miles from here , overhung with groves of rime-crusted trees whose thick roots darken the water . ’ |
| 30 | She hopes to continue dancing for some time before returning to a career in embalming . |