Sentence examples for before and often from inspiring English sources

The school day starts early, at 8 a.m. or before, and often continues until after 4 p.m.

Joseph Konstan: We've brought in some communities that haven't been a big part of this conference before, and often were not well integrated in the field.

If a case of pneumonia or typhoid threatened to be serious and the household was becoming exhausted, the attending physician usually provided some woman whom he had employed in like circumstances before, and often she had learned to be a good nurse by obeying the doctors to whom she owed her living.

He laughs at other people's feeble attempts at wit, patiently answers questions without the slightest hint that he has been asked them a thousand times before, and often invites young fans to visit the 11-room Upper West Side co-op he shares with his wife, Jane, and their King Charles spaniel, Minnie.

The text of The Rebel is punctuated with emphatic words of conclusion (alors, donc, ainsi, c'est pourquoi), which are rarely followed by consequences of what comes before and often introduce further assertions, without any evidence or analysis.

Nearly everything he says has been said many times before and often with more pith and economy.

Often, pimples will appear larger and redder than before and squeezing often leads to scars that don't face for months.

"We have had must-win games in my time here before and more often than not we have won them.

"Without a key person, businesses cease to function as they did before and can often come to an end as they know it.

Since that wasn't working anymore, I decided to switch up my schedule and try writing first thing in the morning--before I exercise, and often before I even get dressed--just for an hour.

"The point is to identify oversights and flaws before important (and often irreversible) commitments of time and resources have been made," Spear said.