Sentence examples for before nine years from inspiring English sources

I didn't read many books before nine years old.

In real life, the Office for National Statistics says that 19% of divorces happen before four years and 27% before nine years.

I had been to Jerusalem once before, twelve years ago, when I was teaching at the American University in Cairo.

We'd seen it before, five years ago in London, but were knocked out anew by its power and intelligence.

Some of these pulses may have begun before the last glacial maximum, before twenty-two thousago yeago ago.

I'd been to the city before, two years earlier, though I scarcely remembered it.

In particular, Republicans were unhappy about the disappearance of two provisions to phase out the waiting period before five years.

But administration officials have said it is highly unlikely that the lines would be eliminated before eight years.

In America, according to Larry Bumpass, professor at the University of Wisconsin, half of all marriages end before seven years.

"Earlier, the attitude was if a child got adopted before four years, there must have been something wrong," Gandhi said.

Even some directors who left on good terms, such as Michael Hayden and Leon Panetta, were gone before three years was up.