Afore

Examples

• I counted a' th' clocks in the town striking afore I'd leave my work. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I'll crack _my_ whip about their ear'n, afore they bring it to that, though, said Hiram, while Mr. Solomon, shaking his bridle, moved onward. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• But the fust was put underneath the door, and this come by the post, day afore yesterday. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Now, Thquire, I can take my oath, from my knowledge of that dog, that that man wath dead—and buried—afore that dog come back to me. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Take this light; go softly up the steps straight afore you, and along the little hall, to the street door; unfasten it, and let us in. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Tell 'em not to vait dinner for me, and say they needn't mind puttin' any by, for it'll be cold afore I come in. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I seed him a hauf an hour--nay, happen a quarter of an hour sin', just afore I set off. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Ah, well; he was looking for the earth some months afore he went. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I can't,' replied the girl; 'Missis Raddle raked out the kitchen fire afore she went to bed, and locked up the kittle. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Not to risk being done out of the sweat of my brow, by any chances, I should wish afore going further to be swore in. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• She told me afore that I should hear'n; and so I did. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• But he might ha' been back afore this, or sent me some word if he'd getten work. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• It was lighted before ours was, Fairway continued; and yet every one in the country round is out afore 'n. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• It was here long afore I was born, or any on us. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Ever so fur she run, and there was fire afore her eyes, and roarings in her ears. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• No, because he takes care on her, like a brother, arter dark, and indeed afore dark, and at all times. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• It'll be broad day afore three. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The trader and Mr. Shelby were seated together in the dining room afore-named, at a table covered with papers and writing utensils. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Never thought myself so good-looking afore! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I know the gentleman'll put that 'ere charge into somebody afore he's done,' growled the long man. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• And 'tis on the knap afore the old captain's house at Mistover. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Keep her well afore the sweep of it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• And warn't it me as had been tried afore, and as had been know'd up hill and down dale in Bridewells and Lock-Ups! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Turning to me, as she took some loaves from the oven, she asked bluntly-- Did you ever go a-begging afore you came here? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I have never know'd her to be lone and lorn, for a single minute, not even when the colony was all afore us, and we was new to it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I must have a full suit of mourning, Fagin, and a hatband, to wisit him in, afore he sets out upon his travels. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• I have never known 'em come down so far afore. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• You doen't understand what 'tis we has afore us. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• They'll have to get the key of the gate afore they can take me in, for it's allus locked. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Damn that 'ere bag, it warn't ready night afore last; this won't do, you know! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.

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