| Before line and sinker | 22 |
| Before long | 11 |
| Before long, after "in" | 33 |
| Before long, in a poem | 22 |
| Before long, long before now | 28 |
| Before long, poetically | 23 |
| Before long, to Shakespeare | 27 |
| Before long, to the Bard | 24 |
| Before making the cut? | 22 |
| Before markdown: Abbr. | 22 |
| Before marriage | 15 |
| Before meeny | 12 |
| Before middle sch. | 18 |
| Before midi | 11 |
| Before midnight | 15 |
| Before midnight tonight | 23 |
| Before moon and dew | 19 |
| Before movies, were there ...? | 30 |
| Before much longer, poetically | 30 |
| Before Muhammad Ali? | 20 |
| Before nights | 13 |
| Before noon, in England | 23 |
| Before noon, poetically | 23 |
| Before Nov. | 11 |
| Before novem | 12 |
| Before now | 10 |
| Before now, before now | 22 |
| Before now, in olden days | 25 |
| Before nun | 10 |
| Before Oct. | 11 |
| Before Oedipus, who could answer the riddle of the Sphinx | 57 |
| Before of the past | 18 |
| Before of yore | 14 |
| Before omega | 12 |
| Before omicrons | 15 |
| Before one's big opening? | 29 |
| Before one's return? | 24 |
| Before partner | 14 |
| Before phones, was there ...? | 29 |
| Before plea | 11 |
| Before pod or angle | 19 |
| Before pod or color | 19 |
| Before Polk | 11 |
| Before quattro | 14 |
| Before retitling: Abbr. | 23 |
| Before riches sometimes | 24 |
| Before rod; after battering | 27 |
| Before Sat. | 11 |
| Before secundus | 15 |
| Before seis | 11 |
| Before Sept. | 12 |
| Before sigma | 12 |
| Before skirt or kin | 19 |
| Before sleep or state | 21 |
| Before sounding off? | 20 |
| Before starting a tennis game? | 30 |
| Before such time | 16 |
| Before sunrise | 14 |
| Before sunup | 12 |
| Before surg. | 12 |
| Before surgery | 14 |
| Before surgery, briefly | 23 |
| Before surgery, in hosp. argot | 30 |
| Before surgery, informally | 26 |
| Before takeoff | 14 |
| Before tee | 10 |
| Before the appearance of life | 29 |
| Before the auction starts | 25 |
| Before the bar | 14 |
| Before the bell | 15 |
| Before the bell, say | 20 |
| Before the buzzer | 17 |
| Before the computer age? | 24 |
| Before the court, in lawyerspeak | 32 |
| Before the crack of dawn | 24 |
| Before the crowing starts | 25 |
| Before the deadline | 19 |
| Before the due date | 19 |
| Before the final | 16 |
| Before the footlights | 21 |
| Before the hour | 15 |
| Before the ides | 15 |
| Before the line | 15 |
| Before the mast | 15 |
| Before the match starts | 23 |
| Before the opening, say | 23 |
| Before the others | 17 |
| Before the present time | 23 |
| Before the present time, in the past | 36 |
| Before the present, before the present | 38 |
| Before the present, in poetry | 29 |
| Before the procedure, informally | 32 |
| Before the races | 16 |
| Before the rest | 15 |
| Before the scheduled time | 25 |
| Before the start | 16 |
| Before the state's cut, as income | 37 |
| Before the sun is out | 21 |
| Before the topic changes | 24 |
| Before therm or bar | 19 |