1.   Before independence Valeriy was a farmer on a local collective farm.

2.   Before that he was with Life magazine.

3.   Before that it was simply a part of the open fields of Great Bowden, a village a mile or two away.

4.   Directly before her was a large wall clock.

5.   He dropped out of the eighth grade, but before that he was a truant of long standing.

6.   Her eyelids began to droop and before long she was fast asleep.

7.   I was in Barwick again on Spring Bank Tuesday to see the Maypole raised, but before that was the gala.

8.   It raises almost as many questions as it provides answers, but it has not been challenged before us.