Example sentences of "[verb] to [pers pn] before [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luckily , the children came to me before trying to catch him , or they might have been bitten . |
| 2 | We might feel tempted to say that Wittgenstein 's account may be true of sensations ; but that there is no such thing as a sensation of blue , and so there is no reason why a private linguist could not start by naming the way things look to him before moving on to the more difficult talk of the way things actually are . |
| 3 | And when he turned to me before leaving he appeared to be still in a state of shock . |
| 4 | She glanced at the brief details on the card Jill handed to her before smiling at the man . |
| 5 | The only real clue to spotting them is that every homestead has electricity and if you see the buildings , you must find the wires going to them before making an approach . |
| 6 | It was a backhanded compliment , the best he could do , and he straightened up and nodded to her before taking his cup from the counter and making his way towards an empty table . |
| 7 | In the warmth of Penry 's arms she came face to face with the truth , survived it , and after a while she detached herself from the comforting embrace , accepting the box of tissues Penry passed to her before resuming his chair . |
| 8 | The train puffed to a stop ; only five passengers alighted , and the only male among them a tall young man , his hair so fair that from a distance it appeared almost white , waved to them before turning back to the carriage and lifting out a case . |
| 9 | So , go to it before reading on ! |
| 10 | And if she were dead , what had happened to her before dying did not bear thinking about ( though he did think about it , all the same ) . |
| 11 | No ethical therapist is going to object to talking to you before commencing treatment . |
| 12 | Your correspondent Mr. Pike wrote to me before writing to you about his diesel tacho . |