Example sentences of "it before [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It then took some time to raise the heavy engine and cut the rope from the propeller , but I finally managed it before drifting ashore . |
| 2 | Nicola took a run at the slope and gained a third of it before dropping nearly to all fours to grab at little ridges and tufts of grass . |
| 3 | Thieves , having stolen a car , take it for a joy ride and then strip it before setting it alight to destroy the evidence . |
| 4 | I put the glass down and pulled out a cigarette ; lit it before speaking . |
| 5 | For instance , the whole of the letter A could be keyboarded from OED , and then the whole of the Supplement 's A section could be merged into it before proceeding to B , and so on . |
| 6 | A hearing may be adjourned if either you or the Council say anything to the Committee , or produce something in writing which the other did not know about beforehand , and it is so important that you or the Council want time to think about it before proceeding . |
| 7 | So , go to it before reading on ! |
| 8 | ‘ It 's a double-action revolver , which means you have to pull back the hammer to cock it before firing . ’ |
| 9 | I had not seen it before taking a look at the February/March issue . |
| 10 | Sometimes I was so affected by a particular view or landscape that I 'd wait for the athletes to run into it before taking a photo . |
| 11 | Mincemeat often contains raw animal suet , so always store any uncooked mincemeat in the fridge and do n't be tempted to taste it before cooking . |
| 12 | She had to place her other hand on the bowl to steady it before replacing the glass carefully on the dressing-table . |
| 13 | By ten-thirty , Beth had cleared away the breakfast things , washed the dishes and stacked them into the big dresser , wiped down the kitchen table , taken the coconut matting from the floor and hung it over the line outside where she beat every speck of dust from it before replacing it over her freshly scrubbed quarry tiles ; all that done she was now enjoying a cup of tea , before setting about the drawing room . |
| 14 | This allows users to resume from the point they left by electronically ‘ marking ’ it before switching the unit off . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm afraid it is , ’ said Breeze , and he rescued it from its watery grave , and shook it before handing it to her . |
| 16 | The CML pointed out that a sealed form 53 was a receipt , and that lenders would be reluctant to issue it before receiving the monies in question . |
| 17 | How close it approaches a food item is dependent on several factors , because the bream , in common with other bottom feeding fish , has the facility of extending lips which it uses to suck and blow a food item to clean it before consuming it . |
| 18 | I have always had reasonable live-in accommodation ( having inspected it before accepting a position ) and , although on certain days I have worked non-stop , on others I have been very quiet and still received the same salary . |
| 19 | Lift the stencil carefully , and rinse and dry it before moving it to the next position . |
| 20 | The shifts in pace , in tone , in level , come at us without warning , so that even as one part of the brain tries to grasp at this or that , to make sense of it before moving on , the rest responds to the exhilaration of being swept along the verbal equivalent of a ghost railway . |
| 21 | Nonetheless , those who wish for lasting secure recovery will need to learn to consider feedback from any source and family members who truly desire longterm recovery for their loved ones will need first to understand their own " family disease " and get into recovery from it before learning the techniques of giving open and honest non-judgemental feedback to others . |
| 22 | Suppose that I have a sudden impulse to settle when I retire in the village where I was born ; but reality breaks in , I recognize that I had better remember it not as a nostalgic vision but as I indeed saw it before experiencing the city , admit to myself that it will have changed beyond recognition , try to anticipate living in it not as I am now but as an old man who no longer easily makes new friends , try to see myself through the villagers ' eyes as already a stranger who may no longer deserve a welcome . |
| 23 | The contractors take it away and dilute it before spreading it thinly on the soil . ’ |
| 24 | Gases are introduced under pressure around the lens to cool it before passing out along the beam axis . |
| 25 | Finch handed the photograph to Miller , who did no more than glance at it before passing it on to Golding and muttering : ‘ Could be anywhere . ’ |
| 26 | When it was loose at night he gathered it in his hands and buried his face against it before kissing her , and it seemed to give him more satisfaction than the hurried , clumsy act of love which followed . |
| 27 | If you find it difficult , simply open your eyes and take another look at it before closing them again and repeating the process . |
| 28 | ‘ What I want to know is what 's so interesting on the other side of that wall that Madonna has to see it before putting her knickers on ? ’ |
| 29 | Sam put the Madonna to his lips and made the sign of the Cross with it before putting the chain about his own neck . |
| 30 | By concentrating on only the fastest of fast-moving consumer goods , they keep their stock at a minimum — often selling it before having to pay suppliers . |