Example sentences of "[vb past] it before [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the sake of convenience , I drew a box on each paper and dampened it before applying my wash . |
| 2 | He smiled thinly , recognising the lie for what it was , and , picking up the tube of ointment , studied it before asking pointedly , ‘ Is there anything else I can do for you ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm afraid it is , ’ said Breeze , and he rescued it from its watery grave , and shook it before handing it to her . |
| 4 | Juliet stood her bicycle against the wall and locked it before going inside . |
| 5 | Following this , he took the last piece of pork from his plate , chewed on it , then swallowed it before asking the next question . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She found the trug in the outhouse , not the kitchen , and cleaned it before trotting off towards the rectory , which was quite a long walk from Vetch Street , through a rowdy street market where an organ-grinder and his monkey were performing , and a Punch and Judy man stood on the corner , and Sally-Anne — no longer McAllister now that she was out of the house — for all of her advanced years stood and watched Mr Punch for some time before she guiltily remembered what she was supposed to be doing . |
| 9 | I put the glass down and pulled out a cigarette ; lit it before speaking . |
| 10 | He removed it before saying venomously , ‘ Well , I hope if they 're ever in Louise Butler 's position , they 're treated better than you treated that girl . |