My husband rarely comes to bed before 2 or 3am .

我丈夫很少 在凌晨两三点 之前睡觉。

It was some time before the door opened in response to his ring .

他按完门铃 后 过了 一会儿门 才打开。

He had made a date with a girl he had met the day before

他和 前一天遇到的那个女孩定下了约会。

I discovered an addiction to housework which I had never felt before .

我发现自己迷上了做家务， 之前我从没有这种感觉。

We will train you first before we set you a task

我们 在给你分派任务 之前会先对你进行培训。

Fortunately the rain stopped before we started .

幸亏 在我们动身 前雨停了。

I was on dialysis for seven years before my first transplant .

在进行首次肾移植 之前，我做了7年的透析。

Her husband her children and the Church came before her needs .

丈夫、孩子和教会都 比她本人的需求重要。

I remembered that we had drunk the last of the coffee the week before

我记得我们在一个星期 前就把最后的那点儿咖啡喝完了。

Everyone in the room knew it was the single hardest task before them

房间里所有人都清楚， 摆 在他们 面前的是最为艰巨的任务。

We waited three months before going back to see the specialist .

我们等了3个月 才回去见那位专家。

The turn is about two kilometres before the roundabout .

拐弯就在环岛 前面约2公里处。

The game followed a colourful opening ceremony before a crowd of seventy-four thousand .

绚丽多彩的开幕式过后，这场比赛 在 74名观众的瞩目之下开始了。

He phoned on Tuesday just before you came

他星期二来电话了，就 在你来 之前。

He spent his early life in Sri Lanka before moving to England

在移居英格兰 之前，他早年是在斯里兰卡度过的。

I hope we can finish this before the deadline .

我希望我们能 在最后期限之前完成这项工作。

I saw before me an idyllic life .

展现 在我 眼前的是充满诗情画意的生活。

Before Gallacher could catch up with the ball Nadlovu had beaten him to it .

加拉赫还没 来得及追上球，纳德洛武就已经抢先一步触到球了。

Before the wedding I had a heart-to-heart talk with my mother .

婚礼 前，我和母亲好好谈了谈心。

Before leaving he went into his office to fill in the daily time sheet .

离开 前，他到自己的办公室填写了日常考勤表。

He took a bath and shaved before dinner

晚餐 前他洗了澡，刮了脸。

I have heard that he has been married before .

我听说他过去结 过婚。

I had met Professor Lown before

我 以前见过劳恩教授。

Before World War II women were not recruited as intelligence officers

在第二次世界大战 之前，女性不能当情报人员。

Annie was born a few weeks before Christmas

安妮出生 在圣诞节 前几周。

The Governor will appear before the committee next Tuesday .

下周二，州长将 接受委员会的质询。

She had never been to Italy before .

她 以前从来没有去过意大利。

They drove through a tall iron gate and stopped before a large white villa .

他们开车穿过一个大铁门， 在一栋白色的大别墅 前面停了下来。

There was additional work to be done before all the troops would be ready .

在全军准备就绪 之前，还有一些杂事必须处理。