Beijing Opera is not as popular as it was before.
京剧不像以前那么受欢迎了。
State aid is less bountiful than it was before.
国家援助没有从前那么多。
It was before the movie the Perfect Storm.
在电影《完美风暴》之前就发生了。
Well, after Gorbachev the world will never become as it was before.
在戈尔巴乔夫之后世界再也不会回到以前。
The level of global output is now back to where it was before the downturn.
目前的全球的产出水平已经回到了危机前的水平。
He says the security situation in Iraq is much better than it was before.
他说，伊拉克的安全局势比从前好得多。
And it is clear that business will not be the same after the crisis as it was before.
而且有一点是显而易见的，那就是危机后的公司经营将和以往不同啦。
Everyone in the room knew it was the single hardest task before them.
屋子里每个人都知道这是摆在他们面前的一项最艰巨的任务。
Before you knew it, the single was at number 90 in the U.S. singles charts.
转眼间这张单曲唱片在美国单曲唱片排行榜上排第90位了。
It was different from before when the lead strips were part of the design.
与以前铅条被看成是设计的一部分的时候相比，这是不同的。
It was thrust before him by the Sheriff.
司法官把它扔到他面前。
He probably thrown it away before he was caught.
他可能在被抓住之前就把它扔掉了。
It was the dog he'd heard the night before last.
这是他前天夜里听见吼叫的那只狗。
Mark was dragged from the burning wreckage of his car just before it exploded.
马克刚被人从他的燃烧着的汽车残骸里拉了出来，车就爆炸了。
"Had you seen the car before?"—"Oh yes, it was always in the driveway."
“你以前见过这辆车吗？” — “哦，见过。它总在车道上。”
It was several hours before the road was cleared after the accident.
事故过去几小时后这条道路才被疏通。
It was several weeks before he was completely free of pain.
过了几星期他的疼痛才完全消除。
It was some time before the door opened in response to his ring.
他按过门铃后好一会儿门才打开。
It was some time before he worked around to what he really wanted to say.
他东拉西扯了一会才绕到真正要说的事情上来。
It took some two hours before the crowd was fully dispersed.
用了大约两个小时才把人群完全驱散。
It was some time before I realized the truth.
过了很长一段时间我才悟出真相。
He had been cheating the taxman but it was years before he was found out.
他过去一直在欺骗税务部门，只是多年以后才被查出来。
It was many years before the full story was made public.
许多年之后，事情的全貌才公之于众。
Before it solidified, it was just regular sand.
在凝固之前，它只是普通的沙子。
It was hours before he got to sleep.
过了好几个小时他才睡着。
I was thinking that I've really never seen it before.
我在想，我以前从来没有见过它的样子。
I would just get all my work done, like the weekend before it was due.
我将完成所有工作，例如在到期前的周末。
It seemed to him an age since he was there before.
他觉得自己到过这里，似乎许多年已经过去了。
It was broad daylight, before he found himself fairly abreast the island bar.
还没等他到岛上的沙洲，天已经大亮了。
It was a long time before the cleanup was finished.
过了好久才清理完毕。
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