1.   He spoke before a rapt audience.

2.   He spoke before the ultra-right-wing Heritage Foundation on Thursday.

3.   Her daughter came to the class one day, and a child who had not spoken before began speaking in simple sentences.

4.   Rain joined him in the doorway but there was no time to speak before Cobalt splashed through the puddle to them.

5.   These were words never spoken before by any of the House of Atreus.

6.   I was happy to be speaking before such a receptive audience.

7.   Pinochet, C.-in-C.

8.   Speaking before the meeting, West Belfast MP Dr Joe Hendron called for an increase in intelligence operations on loyalist paramilitaries.

9.   The minister was speaking in before the defeat of the opposition-sponsored censure motion against the prime minister, PV Narasimha Rao.

10.   He was speaking before a meeting at the White House with President Bill Clinton.