Sentence examples for had contemplated before from inspiring English sources

The sums of money that I would be borrowing were larger than any amount that I had contemplated before.

Harrison's next prototype chronometer, much smaller than the one he had contemplated before his encounter with Jefferys, won the £20,000 prize from Parliament.

"The diversity of the final flavors, never mind all the other ones we heard about, is like nothing we ever would have contemplated before," said Christine Kalvenes, vice president for innovation.

Analysts also wondered whether Ms. Bartz might also choose some of the other strategies that Yahoo has contemplated before, like additional cost-cutting, selling assets and even a merger with the AOL Internet unit of Time Warner, which Yahoo has discussed intermittently for more than a year.

Spofforth revealed that, in a distressed state of mind, she had contemplated suicide before the Beijing Olympics.

But it was Mr. Cuomo's career that kept Ms. Kennedy Cuomo in the marriage, said one person close to her, adding that she had contemplated leaving him before but wanted to help him at his run for governor.

Benjamin, after all, had contemplated killing himself at least once before, under far less distressing conditions.

Early on, he had contemplated becoming a ski instructor, before choosing a career on Wall Street.

He had contemplated going back to school before, but the potential loss in income always deterred him.

Despite speculation that she was a stalking-horse, urged by her cousin to siphon votes from Mr. Lancman, she insisted that she had contemplated running for higher office even before Mr. Ackerman announced his retirement.

Long before the Germans did, the French had contemplated using airborne troops to achieve speedy attacks.