What is "befo"

Usage examples of "befo".

A man in the olive-green uniform of the Security Directorate spread his hands and laid his fingertips on the desk before him.

The burning speck fell like a tiny meteor, to lie winking for a second before one of the Institute outdoor serfs arrived to sweep it up.

They had been here long before the Eurasian War, but the new masters of Europe had changed the patch of forest to suit their tastes.

There was a waist-high circle of clipped hedge ten meters before them.

Supervised the house staff, and she had run the nursery before the Ingolfsson children were of school age.

Two shots, so quick, before she had time even to be afraid, to think that Mother might be dead.

The van eased into place, guided by a wench with a light-wand who walked backwards before them, and stopped.

Rakhsan, Mother's Afghan maidservant, she could tell you things about times way back before the War.

Then the laughter began and ran for a full half-minute, before trailing off into teary giggles.

Johanna nodded approvingly as the sleek body eeled along the bottom of the pool for a dozen meters before breaking surface and crawl-stroking for the far end.

Both Draka gave their mounts a quick once-over before turning over the reins, and Yolande slipped a piece of hard sugar to hers.

Not that it was any serfs business what she did or with whom or where, but she was suddenly tooth-gratingly conscious that the estate rumor mill would be passing news of every straw in her hair and undone button before morning.

Ali cast him an appealing glance and gestured before returning his gaze to his mother and nodding gravely.

The bruised herbs raised a sharp aromatic smell, of sage and rosemary and sweet minty hyssop that shed anthrophora bees and golden butterflies in clouds before the horses' hooves.

The two girls had halted in the corridor outside the lounge where the family gathered before the evening meal, and they could hear the sound of harp and flute through the tall carved-ebony doors.