"Haven't we met somewhere before?" asked the student.

I used to smoke. I was quite a heavy smoker.

There had never been any ill-feeling between them until that night.

Recently my haemorrhoids, which I've had from before, are painful.

Nowadays parents treat their children more as equals than they used to and the child is given more freedom to make his or her own decisions in life.

Politeness is less observed today than it used to be.

Thunder has been explained scientifically, and people no longer believe it is a sign that the gods are angry with them, so thunder, too, is a little less frightening.

All subscriptions must be paid before the end of this year.

Many people are better off than they used to be.

My father used to drink beer, but now he drinks sake.

My father used to smoke, but now he doesn't.

My father used to go to work by bus.

She was only a shadow of her former self after her illness.

She was believed to have been a film star before.

She writes much better now than she used to.

She was in the habit of sitting up late at night.

She is not the cheerful woman she was before.

She has never seen it before.

She was been here before, and so have I.

She made the same mistake as before.