преди in English:

They started hours ago.

How long ago was that?

She borrowed the book from him many years ago and hasn't yet returned it.

Long, long ago, there lived an old man and his wife.

A few years ago it would have been inconceivable for Japan to send troops overseas.

Years ago this principle was widely recognized.

That portrait reminds me of someone I knew a long time ago.

Not long ago we heard a father say in the presence of his large family, "I don't want any of my boys to be lawyers."

It was almost a decade ago, on May 8th, 1980, that Mount St. Helens erupted.

Tom began reading that book three weeks ago and he still has only read less than half of it.

What did you do with my glasses? They were here a minute ago.

Oh, sure, I studied English in my school days. But it wasn't until two or three years ago that I really started taking it seriously.

Years ago, she used to hang around with a bunch of bikers.

If you want to hear a scary story, I'll tell you about a dream I had a few weeks ago.

Didn't I give you 10,000 yen a week ago?

Death before dishonor!

The fact that Britain had no national anthem before 1745 is in itself of little consequence.

Before long, the moon came out.

I told you before that you should ask your mother first.

Before Tom met Mary, he never seemed to be happy.

She had been in the hospital for a week before her husband came back.

Many parents think it's important for their children to eat before 8:00 p.m.

Before you can love others, you need to be able to love yourself.

Humanity has suffered more from war in this century than ever before.

He had not been employed by the company two years before his linguistic abilities were recognized.

It was very cold, and then before long, on top of that, it began to rain.

I'll leave a key with my next-door neighbour in case you get here before I do.

Before going to study in Paris, I must brush up on my French.

I met Tom before I graduated from high school, but didn't meet Mary until many years later.

It's very unlikely that we will release a new album before next winter.