Sentence examples for before I spotted from inspiring English sources

The good news is that I drove only for about 10 minutes before I spotted a taxi to flag down.

It was a while, anyway, before I spotted the elderly man standing on the roof of a house, conducting them.

In fact, I drove past twice before I spotted it (there's no sign, though the parking valets say "Welcome to the Viceroy" when you pull up).

Yongsu seemed oblivious of anything but the trail, but I relaxed my eyes the way Big Uncle had taught me when I was little, and it wasn't long before I spotted something odd.

One couple — the excellent Ms. Parma and Mr. Garcia — first appeared in a waltz ("Corazon de Oro"), but with such strong tango inflections that it was some time before I spotted its nontango meter.

But that was before I spotted Clooney in an ad for Nestlé's Nespresso, tapping a coffee capsule as if it were a casino chip in one of his "Ocean's Gazillion' movies.

We stand in the queue for about 10 seconds before I spot the Klaxons and they get us in.

I scan networks of nearby places before I spot it: MezcalDOisStupid, a reference to the "Denominacion de Origen" rules that define mezcal.

The reef comes into view, and it's not long before I spot my prey, his hiding place given away by a single feathery fin.

I walk up and down 57th Street a couple of times before I spot Willie Nelson's tour bus, Honeysuckle Rose V. Oh, the disappointment!

But Lido Shores is a very small place, and sometimes I have to drive around for hours before I spot an appropriate wife.