Sentence examples for had understood before from inspiring English sources

For that reason, what I most wish I had understood before the invasion was the reckless arrogance of the Bush administration.

Slowing down the pace of my comments, choosing with greater care the phrases, pausing to gather my thoughts, listening until I am sure I have understood before speaking: all of this can drive some folks in a group a little nuts sometimes, especially if they are pretty anxious.

There was just so much of it and I don't think he had understood that before, that he really had a sense of the intellectual tradition behind it".

No one had understood this before him.

The second time, I kept thinking, it's easier now – I wish that I had understood all this before.

Sherman had understood this long before Shiloh and began to indulge his soon-to-be well-known pyromaniacal urges along the Mississippi River near Memphis.

Test administrators ensured that each participant had understood the information before informed consent was obtained by signature.

Before Gorbachev, Shevardnadze had understood that the logic of their foreign policy, with its aim of ending east-west confrontation and reversing the arms race, must inevitably lead to the breakup of the Soviet bloc and to German reunification.

They stuck around because Milch, who is forever appreciative of a good story or an apt simile ("tighter than a bull's ass in fly season"), enjoyed their company or was grateful to them for helping to confirm what he already knew and in fact had understood about human behavior long before he ever heard of Deadwood.

Individual consents were sought from the study participants before starting the study; participants were requested to sign the consent forms after they had understood the study aims and before answering the questions.

"People just wouldn't have understood it before".