Though the Secretary General often made a number of calls before reaching his own office, he invariably left word that he was doing so.

She kept her eyes on the face of the cliff, making certain of each step before reaching for the next.

Since these are questions of fact a decision-maker would have to make a full contextual analysis before reaching a decision.

He made his decision even before reaching Johnson.

Clients, he said, often had to make many calls before reaching their caseworker.

Service frequency will be high, although travel time is a drawback as the services make many intermediate stops before reaching the city center.

She could barely make the last steep slope before reaching the house.

It makes a sharp turn to the east, and then to the north, before reaching Zena.

The party made three turns before reaching a pair of wide wooden doors where more guards awaited.

The road made a sharp turn just before reaching this lonely site.