Sentence examples for before messing from inspiring English sources

Taking advantage of a lot of options is fine, but be sure to read the manual before messing with the default settings.

As a child of 5 or 6, Mrs. Johnson went on, she heard her grandmother and a family friend talking, and they used a phrase the girl had never picked up before — "messing with".

Mrs Bannister had three deputy heads under her (all men incidentally) and, trust me, the students – and probably most of the members of staff – thought twice before messing with her.

People will think twice before messing with someone who dons this headgear.

Davis had previously worked for Procter & Gamble, mostly in Cincinnati, before messing up at Guinness Plc. and then resurrecting his reputation at Aegis, a midsize European buyer of ad space.

Davis had previously worked for Procter & Gamble, mostly in Cincinnati, Ohio, before messing up at Guinness, then resurrecting his reputation at Aegis, a midsize European buyer of ad space.

And I had been married before, messed that up.

If you already have long, dark hair, curl it the night before, then mess it up to really frizz up your hair.

Though Mr. Sellers said he knew of no serious accidents on Mad River Rockets, he said it's only a matter of time before sledders "messing around" get hurt.

Overheard at the Museum of Modern Arts: "I'll bet this one was good before he got to messing around with it".

They should first learn what they are talking about before they start messing with our food supply.