| day before | 83.54 | A few days before the wedding. | ||
| time before | 78.21 | Any time before the strike. | ||
| week before | 52.67 | A week before Christmas. | ||
| hour before | 52.40 | An hour before another game. | ||
| year before | 49.37 | Both averages are up from the year before. | ||
| month before | 34.89 | He had left the hospital about a month before. | ||
| game before | 32.13 | He played the game before. | ||
| case before | 31.47 | Moyers laid his case before the public. | ||
| hearing before | 29.76 | Gingrich has promised hearings before. | ||
| appearance before | 22.58 | Caminiti did not make an appearance before Harmon. | ||
| minute before | 22.51 | Let cool for a few minutes before serving. | ||
| place before | 20.80 | Argun was a dismal place before the fight. | ||
| issue before | 20.14 | That was the issue before the court. | ||
| leg before | 19.42 | Cooper broke his leg before this. | ||
| testimony before | 18.43 | Last fall, they presented testimony before McGregor. | ||
| season before | 17.91 | Ken Griffey has missed most of the season before. | ||
| night before | 17.18 | Do that two nights before. | ||
| moment before | 16.00 | Not a moment before, either. | ||
| bill before | 15.47 | The bill before us asks people to work. | ||
| team before | 15.14 | He joined the team just before tipoff. |