Sentence examples for before instead from inspiring English sources

Men fought in hockey before; instead of fists, they often swung sticks at each other, and sometimes they fractured skulls.

Many Americans thought that they had liberated Baghdad from fear three years before; instead they had opened the gates before a hell of previously unknown terrors.

He avoided the harsh criticism of Mr. Kerry that he had raised proudly the week before, instead praising both Mr. Kerry and Mr. Edwards as "fine people".

Prosecutors said the Norwegian cell first wanted to attack the Danish Jyllands-Posten newspaper, whose 12 cartoons of Muhammad sparked furious protests in Muslim countries in 2006, before instead planning to murder one of the cartoonists.

So they tried laying a new batch of sod on top of the existing grass — the league endorsed the idea, which had not been tried before — instead of digging up the worn sod and replacing it.

Like many advances in cancer research, this knowledge was counter-intuitive to what had gone before: instead of having something extra in a cancerous cell, a mutated tumour suppressor led to something going missing.

"They eat soup before dinner instead of after".

Adam Scott, the reigning Masters champion, prefers to rehearse before majors instead of entering numerous tournaments.

Because Knoblauch does not play, he lifts weights before games instead of afterward and takes extra batting practice.

The same rental at La Guardia Airport in New York will be $489.99 before taxes instead of $469.99, regardless of reservation time.

Parking lots for Giants Stadium, the Izod Arena and the Meadowlands Racetrack will open five hours before events, instead of seven.