Noo she's in afore the King, bowed doon upon a knee.    From Wordnik.com.  [Knight and Shepherd's Daughter 2] Reference

"Why weren't we called afore?" asked one of the party.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia] Reference

"Blest if I've ever 'eard the lingo afore," said Bill.    From Wordnik.com.  [Captains All and Others] Reference

The kerrige's lined with blue satin, 'n' never was sot in afore this mornin '.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oldtown Folks] Reference

Shields, years ago; and he called him by his name afore they were well out o 't' river.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sylvia's Lovers — Volume 3] Reference

"I asked you if she wan't a Cahoon; Cahoon was her name afore she married Hall, wan't it?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Galusha the Magnificent] Reference

"I didn't know as she had a name afore she was married.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Young Trawler] Reference

I hadn’t time to ask him a word afore he was gone. An’.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Prussian Officer and Other Stories] Reference

Well, she thowt she'd be sure to guess that's name afore the month was up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Folk Tales Every Child Should Know] Reference

I had to pass the sign-word afore 'I could pass myself, and that's the way it ought to be.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One] Reference

I would trust your word afore I'd trust a couple o 'constables, for a' that's come and gane. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Scottish sketches] Reference

I never heard your name afore.    From Wordnik.com.  [Galusha the Magnificent] Reference

I guess she ain't goin 'afore mornin'.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hills of the Shatemuc] Reference

"Why, that two out o 'the three should be called afore me.    From Wordnik.com.  [I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales] Reference

“One more word afore I’m ready and I’ll grind thee to dust.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tai-Pan]

“Me dad sayed we was t’ have a proper name afore we be leaving home waters, Yor Worship.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tai-Pan]

"You never seen any one of them afore that time, had you?".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Woman at Bay Or, a Fiend in Skirts] Reference

"O, I shouldn't wonder if we had a leetle wind afore long.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Lost in the Fog] Reference

He ordered Munday to bring July an 'me to' im afore sun up.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference

"I hev thought of this thing afore," said Moses abstractedly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers] Reference

An 'jus' afore sun up my man crawled out de back of de wagon.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference

I knowd what dis mean, and I tried mighty hard to cheer up afore her.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference

"I never knew ye ter do a dishonest thing afore, Jabez," pursued Aunt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret] Reference

We've been there, an whoever it was wud have shouted afore, so he wud.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lost in the Fog] Reference

"Didn't you an 'Mr. Foote marry dat brother an sister week afore las'?".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference

She say, 'Hurry, Mill; an' I seed 'em all down to table afore I starts.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference

We never had no fallin's out, this mander, afore, as I can call ter mind.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference

"Anyhow, unless I'm much mistook, you'll have means of knowin 'afore long.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp Or, Lost in the Backwoods] Reference

"You wipe your feet, afore you come in," said Mrs Brome, masterful as ever.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference

I wants you to go out dar whar you see your mother standin 'afore a great while.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference

Utahans consume four times the national average of the afore-unmentioned dessert.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pin 'Em On] Reference

People been going off edge of these cliffs sixty years, and probably sixty years afore that.    From Wordnik.com.  [Over the Edge] Reference

An 'we went through de gate an' stood afore massa, settin 'in de back door in his night shirt.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference

"But, say, boss, ye couldn't stake me to a drink and some chuck afore I loosen up me muscles?".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure] Reference

"An't please you, my lord, I must say as how they was turned afore, and the devil a rap's left.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers] Reference