Sentence examples for before I was around from inspiring English sources

And then, backing up, she asked, " 'They'?" "Before I was around," he said.

Mr. Eugenides grew up in a "very Americanized house," and had to learn Greek customs "to find out how my grandparents had lived long before I was around," also a problem for Calliope.

Things are different now, and I know a lot of the work that paved the way for women happened before I was around," she explained.

Things are different now, and I know a lot of the work that paved the way for women happened before I was around," the 29-year-old explained.

"Fleming died before I was around.

"That's the food that nourished me and my family and those before I was around.

"This allows me to still be a working mom, but more now than before, I'm around for my daughters," Ms. Epstein said.

My own approach in this case would be to pretend I was around before differential calculus was invented.

I was around before Jedward and my stylist does their hair, so I should have put a patent on it.

I was around before we had freedom of movement of goods and services, and I remember the days of groups touring where you had to get a carnet (a customs document that allows you to temporarily import and export goods, duty free) to even get a truck to France.

Now my daughter's growing up so much, and I find I have a little more time on my hands: I didn't have much before, I was always just running around being Mum".