Example sentences of "before [v-ing] down [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | At first he will be greatly praised by his people , before sinking down into the dark pit of sin and pride . |
| 4 | ‘ Laura ! ’ he groaned , tossing aside his shirt and swiftly divesting himself of his clothes before lying down on the bed beside her . |
| 5 | The vent pipe from the hot water cylinder ( 22mm ) should rise at least 400mm above the water level in the cistern before turning down over the cistern . |
| 6 | The stones are sometimes said to turn round or dance before going down to the local stream or lake to drink . |
| 7 | Before going down to the northern ramparts where the brunt of the attack was expected to fall , he took a last look round the room and saw Hari 's phrenology book lying on the floor . |
| 8 | As soon as he was able , Lucien began to exercise every day before going down to the refectory for breakfast with Ketura and Sydel . |
| 9 | Benjamin insisted that we shave , wash and change our linen and doublets before going down to the hall . |
| 10 | This morning I put the kettle on the gas before going down to the Blair toilet at the bottom of the maize field . |
| 11 | ‘ I think so , because I checked the door later before going down to the village , and it was locked then , and the key was in my purse . ’ |
| 12 | External associations are initially identified " assembly-to-assembly " before moving down to a component-to-component " identification . |
| 13 | Smith said that some of the reporters had been drinking before getting down to the job of covering the fight ; Hearn is considering litigation . |
| 14 | The objective is to and something to share before getting down to the real business . |
| 15 | Having defined the size of the board the next stage is to consider the circuit and the components themselves , before getting down to the job of designing the copper track pattern itself . |
| 16 | Before getting down to the fine detail of the schedule and of room sizes , the working party first considered a number of basic principles including the desirable size of wards and nursing charges and the basic philosophies of care and treatment which it was felt were most applicable to this group of patients . |
| 17 | This time we planned to take in two other Munros on the northern ridge of the corrie , Carn Liath and Stob Poite Coire Ardair , before dropping down to the window and back up on to Creag Meagaidh 's vast plateau . |
| 18 | He waved a hand towards the forest before hunkering down by the fire . |
| 19 | He grabs the top edge with his hands , thumps the face of the buttress several times with his feet and then does the same thing on the other side of the buttress with his hands before springing down to the ground . |
| 20 | Hundreds have gone off ‘ to find themselves ’ before settling down to a career or further studies . |
| 21 | After dodging the evil Sheriff 's men and their deadly arrows , try your hand at archery before settling down to a feast under the ‘ Greenwode Tree ’ . |
| 22 | The pistol shrimp then holds the disoriented fish in another claw , and fires a barrage of sound shots to its head before settling down to a quiet meal . |
| 23 | Before settling down to a tour of the old quarter ( and Stein is almost entirely an old quarter ) , it is a good idea to face the climb to the Burg Hohenklingen , from the battlements of which there is a breathtaking view of the Rhine winding its way through flat green pastures and dense woodland , and of the closely clustered pointed roofs of Stein itself . |
| 24 | Hundreds of people entered into the spirit of the occasion and enjoyed a picnic before settling down to a concert featuring some of the best known and stirring pieces of classical music , accompanied by a laser and firework show . |
| 25 | Hunt found fame and fortune in the glamorous world of Grand Prix culminating in his Formula One world championship victory in 1976 before settling down to a more sedate career as a BBC TV commentator . |
| 26 | Cats do often pause after catching their prey and momentarily release what they imagine is a corpse before settling down to the business of eating it . |
| 27 | They were enjoying the first fresh food they had had in weeks before settling down for a long , well-earned rest . |
| 28 | Never the most fluent of jumpers , she put in some unnecessarily extravagant leaps before settling down on the second circuit , but then met the final open ditch all wrong and deposited the hapless Mullins on the floor . |
| 29 | As it was , she pumped me about every move the Binkworthys had made since their arrival before settling down with a mug of Bovril and a packet of Salt ‘ n ’ Vinegar to watch American Football on the box . |
| 30 | The showdown followed three earlier occasions when Government whips took the issue to the brink before backing down in the face of certain defeat by the combined ranks of the Opposition and Conservative rebels . |