I had bought it weeks before, for an oil lamp I had before I sold my things.
我三星期前买来点油灯用的，在我卖掉东西之前。
I wandered around our house all alone but didn't feel lost as I had before.
我独自在房子里四下走动，却不像之前那样若有所失。
"Step back and say, 'Is there any way I can achieve that bigger goal without getting fixated on the goal I had before?'" she said.
退后一步，并且问自己，“是否有其他途径可以实现那个更大的目标，而不是固守我以前的哪个目标呢？”她说。
As I perceived her coming, I crept close to the egg, so that I had before me one of the legs of the bird, which was as big as the trunk of a tree.
当我察觉它来了，我爬着靠近蛋，这样我就可以爬到这只鸟的一条腿前面，他的腿像树干一样粗大。
She told me I could live as I had before - working, taking care of kids, exercising, traveling, enjoying life. Anything, really. I could lead a normal life.
她告诉我就像以前那样——工作、照料小孩、运动、旅行、享受生活。任何事，真的，我可以过正常的生活。
Unlike the birthday party I had before, this time, my mother treated it as an important meeting, she invited many of my friends, she wanted to give me a big surprise and an unforgettable birthday.
不像之前我过的生日派对，这次，我的妈妈把它看着很重要，她邀请了我很多的朋友，她想要给我一个大大的惊喜和一次难忘的生日。
I had just enough time to finish eating before the bell rang and I was off to my first class.
我在铃响前刚好有时间吃完，然后就去上第一节课了。
I had time to do a quick edit of my essay before handing it in.
我呈交论文之前有点时间，很快地校订了一遍。
I don't know how bad the injury is, because I have never had one like this before.
我不知道伤势有多重，因为我以前从未受过这样的伤。
I was very excited about going to the concert for I had never got a chance to attend one before going to college.
我对于去听音乐会感到非常兴奋，因为在上大学之前我从没听过音乐会。
I just saw an exposition of the photos that had never been seen before; but anyway, this is the Hotel de Ville which is down by Notre Dame.
我刚看了一个展览，都是些之前从未见过的照片；但无论如何，这就是市政厅，往下是巴黎圣母院。
The nurse thought that my action was very strange until one day Mrs. Pillar smiled happily as I began working with her—just as she had worked with my years before.
"护士认为我的举止很奇怪，直到有一天，皮拉尔太太在我开始与她一起工作时开心地笑了——就像她几年前和我一起工作的那样。
I should have detested you if I had seen you before I saw the robin and Dickon.
如果我在看到知更鸟和狄肯之前就看到你，我会讨厌你的。
I just had my birthday a week before, and my father had bought me a new violin.
一个星期前我刚过完生日，我爸爸给我买了一把新小提琴。
"As I talked to them, I was amazed." she said, "All of them had heard the simple instructions I had given just a few hours before."
“当我和他们交谈时，我很惊讶，”她说，“他们所有人都听到了我几个小时前给出的简单指示。”
I had never ridden on a motor-cycle before. But it was too late to chicken out.
在那以前我从未骑过摩托车。但当时已来不及临阵脱逃。
Before I started the job, I had no preconceived notions of what it would be like.
开始做这工作之前，我并未预想过它的实际情况。
I wish I could say I had reservations about Madoff before "the Call”, but I did not.
我希望我可以说，在“电话会议”之前我对马多夫有所保留，但我没有。
That night, I looked through my father's books and saw the cookbook that he had given me a year before.
那天晚上，我翻了翻父亲的书，看到了他一年前给我的烹饪书。
As the plane took off, I felt a thrill of excitement for I had never travelled by plane before.
飞机起飞时，我感到一阵激动，因为在此之前我从未乘飞机出去旅游过。
Mother told me in a phone call that she had written to me a week before, but I haven't received anything.
妈妈在电话里告诉我，她一个星期前给我写过信，但我什么也没收到。
Now, something had been happening there a little before, which I did not know anything about until a good many days afterwards, but I will tell you about it now.
不久以前这里发生过一件事，我直到好多天以后才知道，但现在我要把这件事告诉你。
Though we've never had a catastrophic loss such as that, Gibbs and I did have a close call shortly before we decided to simplify.
虽然我们从未经历过那样的灾难性损失，但吉布斯和我确实在我们决定简化程序之前进行了一次简短的密切通话。
There's every indication that Milton believed, as I had mentioned before, at an unconscionably early age, that poetry was his vocation.
有各种迹象表明，弥尔顿相信，正如我之前提到的，在一个无意识的早期，诗歌是他的职业。
Many's the time, I wished I had some to eat when I was in there before.
有很多次，我在里面的时候都希望能有一些吃的。
Once, when I was a mere lad and had never ridden a horse before, he made me mount one and gallop by his side, with no qualms about his unskilled companion.
有一次，在我还是个小毛孩，从来没有骑过马的时候，他让我骑上一匹马在他的旁边疾驰，对于他那不熟练的同伴，他一点也不担虑。
I worked harder than I had ever worked before.
我比以前更加努力地工作。
I have had clearer windows than before since I tried it.
自从我尝试它以后，我就有了更干净的窗子。
One day I saw a man I had never met before picking up rubbish on the road.
一天，我看到一个我从未见过的人在路上捡垃圾。
One day I saw a man I had never met before picking up rubbish on the road.
一天，我看到一个我从未见过的人在路上捡垃圾。
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