Before

"I've never done this before."

"We walked behind while they went before."

"When people call this beast to mind, They marvel more and more At such a little tail behind, So LARGE a trunk before."

"Near-synonym: no later than"

"I'll die before I('ll) tell you anything about it."

"On the left of the double column of photographs are the “befores.” Look at them! Fine boys all, yet here is an unformed mouth; there, a fine face just missing strength by a slight over-plumpness of feature; below, a clever face just a shade too “smart”; on the next page, a form too slight and beginning to stoop. On the right are the “afters.”"

"As all are commanded to yield like the mummy when the dung beetle rolls the sun / before all the befores of the trillion nights past night and day / though I knew that the broken receding mouth of the Sphinx had nothing to add / of resurrection in the history of its grimace."

"A big wind blew all their befores away. Impacted teeth grew over their names. Even the lines in their hands unraveled, these are the lines they stand in to ask for their hands back."

"I want this done before Monday."

"He stood before me."

"He performed before the troops in North Africa."

"The case laid before the panel aroused nothing but ridicule."

"Your whole life is before you."