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Example sentences for "just before"

  • Just before I left the jail, I spoke to Billy about his parole.

  • Some of them even were quoted in the local papers as praising and upholding what they had just before condemned.

  • Just before serving, season with salt and a little lemon juice; pour into a tureen and sprinkle a little chopped parsley on top.

  • Just before serving, stir in, in tiny pieces, the rest of the butter and a little lemon juice.

  • Just before serving, flavour with salt, a dust of white pepper, and a few drops of lemon juice.

  • An ounce of butter stirred in just before it is finished is a great improvement.

  • Just before dinner St. John was talking to a little group, among whom curiosity seemed to have drawn the Whig parson whom I have before mentioned.

  • Just before he reached the town, he turned off by a path which led to the beach.

  • The last letter I had received from him has been placed before the reader; it was written at Devereux Court, just before he left it forever.

  • The old man had been on rather better terms with me just before that; in a will that he destroyed I believe he had treated me handsomely.

  • Just before ten o'clock, when Barfoot was talking of some acquaintances he had left in Japan, Rhoda entered the room.

  • Just before one o'clock, when silence had reigned for a quarter of an hour, there entered with much bustle the last occupant of the bedroom.

  • I had to chuckle inward all the way to the house, an' just before we arrived to it I purt' nigh exploded.

  • Just before noon I found a hundred dollars on the floor close to the door.

  • Lee reports a remarkable case of yawning followed by sneezing in a girl of fifteen who, just before, had a tooth removed without difficulty.

  • The internal carotid artery was wounded in one-half of its circumference at its bend, just before it passes up between the anterior clinoid process and the optic nerve.

  • Benicke reports having given salicylic acid just before birth in 25 cases, and in each case finding it in the urine of the child shortly after birth.

  • Just before death a sudden explosive sound was heard, followed by collapse.

  • It is on the bank of the river Mynach, just before it joins the Rheidol.

  • As I did not intend to journey farther this day than Machynlleth, a principal town in Montgomeryshire, distant only twelve miles, I did not start from Mallwyd till just before noon.

  • Just before lunch my two sledges were nearly lost through the dogs swinging sharply to one side before the second sledge had cleared a rather rotten snow-bridge.

  • Just before noon, the casting attaching the recording-dial to the forks broke--the first of a series of break-downs.

  • Just before noon on December 14 we arrived in Hobart and immediately began preparations for the voyage to the Antarctic.

  • Just before lunch we had a very stiff uphill pull and then a drop into a large basin, three-quarters of a mile in diameter.

  • Much kinder was she to me, when she suggested that simile of the hounds, just before inserted; since the poor wife may, on these occasions, be so justly compared to a hunted hare.

  • Frozen fish is not undesirable provided it is kept in a frozen state until used; it should be thawed out by placing it in cold water just before cooking.

  • Just before serving, Cream Salad Dressing or Mayonnaise Dressing may be added to marinated salad materials.

  • Just before we left the train Richey turned to me.

  • Just before we came in through the window last night, another man came.

  • Just before we got off the car, I reverted to the subject again.

  • If Jennie was--what you say, then I understand why she came to me just before I left.

  • One afternoon at school, just before John's class was to recite in geography, his pretty cousin, a young lady he held in great love and respect, came in to visit the school.

  • When Father Monies looked in, just before daylight, Father Damon was still sleeping, but tossing restlessly and muttering incoherently; and he did not arouse him for the early devotions.

  • Just before school in winter he shovels paths; in summer he turns the grindstone.

  • Just before he comes you'd better have it, I think.

  • She'd better take it just before he goes to her, and don't let him stay long, whatever you do.

  • Just before Anty's illness had become so serious, Daly called, and had succeeded in reconciling both Martin and the widow to himself; but he had not quite made them agree to his proposal.

  • Just before it vanished into its hole--for Providence did not intend that this squirrel should alleviate his hunger--it dropped its burden.

  • Just before he reached this point he slowed down his pace warned by an animal sense that there was life just ahead of him.

  • Just before he died he changed his policy, and with all but a few million dollars of his outside wealth bought up rare minerals in bulk, which he deposited in the safety vaults of banks all over the world, marked as bric-a-brac.

  • It was done by two men, so some of the boys told me, just before I started out," replied the messenger.

  • It seems there is a mass of quartz on top of the peak, and the sun, reflecting from it just before it sets, shines as if from burnished gold.

  • I wonder where John is," said Nat, just before he fell asleep.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "just before" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    above water; gentle fire; just back; just been; just beginning; just give; just large; just like; just men made perfect; just previous; just price; just right; just simply; just step; just told; just want; just wanted; just where; justice shall; justices appointed; justify himself; justifying righteousness; keel boat; particular attention; quarter cupful; well rubbed