Ere

Able was I ere I saw him.

Source: tatoeba (307812)

In the act of offering up his last prayer ere he made up his mind to float and be eaten, he saw a man look over the quarter of the brig : he raised both his hands ; he jumped himself up in the water, and, by the singularity of his motions fortunately attracted notice.

Source: tatoeba (1803861)

Indeed, they had never passed the grotto without leaving some token of respect. In the morning when they led their flocks to pasture, and again in the evening ere they started home, they paid worship to the Deities, and presented either a flower, a green bough, some fruit, or a libation of milk, as an offering; and this piety, as we shall see presently, had its reward.

Source: tatoeba (6212617)

But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight "Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night."

Source: tatoeba (6399693)