1.   As far as she knew, Griselda had never been away so long before.

2.   But it was not long before the harsh facts of economic and social life exerted their pressure.

3.   Long before morning, she was jolted awake by sounds outside her room.

4.   How long before madness of one sort or another took over?

5.   Witch Hazels are the harbingers of spring, their narrow strap shaped petals bursting from globular buds in February and March long before the leaves have begun to stir.

6.   It was long before dinner.

7.   You should heard long before this.

8.   Although Asians developed these ideas long before the Europeans did, Europeans formalized comprehensive and effective electoral democracy first.

9.   America West Airlines, for example, offered sharp fare cuts not long before seeking protection from creditors in bankruptcy court.

10.   And how long before he is tired out?