Example sentences of "[prep] the time before " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think of that week as the time before everything went mad . |
| 2 | The Bulgarian Communist Party renamed itself the Bulgarian Socialist Party on April 3 , calling the decision a clean break with " the dictatorship of the time before Nov. 10 , 1989 , which was a dictatorship not only over the people , but over the party as well " . |
| 3 | For three days there has been smoke , not like the time before . |
| 4 | At this late stage , with the time before 1 January as easy to count in days as in weeks , businesses should now be obtaining the last elements of these details . |
| 5 | The trail to the cemetery was familiar from the time before . |
| 6 | In what ways do you think that daily life was more pleasant in the time before this migration to the towns than it was afterwards ? |
| 7 | In many cases , this delayed start will not be noticeable , especially if there is no important action right at the beginning ; the only real effect is that the shot is about one second shorter than you intended , and you will soon learn to allow for this by adding a second or so to the time before you press the button to end the shot . |
| 8 | Think back to the time before you were you . |
| 9 | To understand the font situation it is necessary to step back to the time before there was desktop publishing , at least in an electronic sense . |
| 10 | Turn back your currents in their course , the stiff breeze and the gentle wind , pull back the tide and send the sun , the moon , and the stars spinning in the churn of the heavens — so that we can return to the time before this time . |
| 11 | The police car can be said to be represented as a " welcome sight " , and there is therefore a reference to the time before its appearance which is not present in the sentence with the subordinate clause . |