Sentence examples for before congratulating from inspiring English sources

"New Zealand have shown they are the best team in the world," says Eddie Jones, before congratulating them on their new record, in contrast to Cheika, who has refused to do so.

Let's see reform actually happen before congratulating Osborne.

Matt Romney, before congratulating his father, first went over and shook hands with the Obamas.

The unwritten rule, he said, is that you let the pitcher reach the dugout before congratulating him.

"It's been a long road getting to Super Tuesday, let me be honest," Mr. Romney said, before congratulating his rivals: Mr. Gingrich (for his Georgia win), Mr. Santorum (for his good night) and Mr. Paul (for his "steadfast commitment to our Constitution").

"It's been a long road getting to Super Tuesday, let me bet honest," Mr. Romney said, before congratulating his rivals – Newt Gingrich (for his Georgia win), Rick Santorum (for his good night), and Representative Ron Paul of Texas (for his "steadfast commitment to our Constitution").

I would tell him that this kind of marketing has had its day, although not before, possibly, congratulating him on labelling chillies as "Discovered by Columbus Chillies".

"The tower we have now is even better than the tower we had before," he said, congratulating Mr. Childs, with whom he famously quarreled two years ago over the first Freedom Tower design.

Details of the peace negotiation have yet to be released, but let's go ahead and see how long this kind of thing lasts before we go around congratulating ourselves here.

But before we go congratulating ourselves on possibly killing this man, here's a sobering thought: how many other eager Emwazis are waiting in the wings to be the next Isis propaganda star?

And it's that material that we need to figure out how to banish from the Internet before we start congratulating ourselves on a job well done.