Sentence examples of "antes" in Spanish

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Debiste haber dicho eso antes. You should have said so earlier.
Como ya lo había visto antes, lo reconocí inmediatamente. Having seen him before, I recognized him at once.
Debería haberse hecho antes. El problema parece hacerse más grande cada día. It should have done before now. The problem seems to get bigger everyday.
Antes la gente no sabía que la tierra es redonda y que se mueve alrededor del sol. Formerly people did not know that the earth is round and that it moves around the sun.
Tom debería haberse ido antes. Tom should have left earlier.
Donde antes estaba la frontera de la ciencia, ahora se encuentra su centro. Where the frontier of science once was is now the centre.
Se levantó antes que de costumbre. He got up earlier than usual.
Deberías haber salido media hora antes. You should have left half an hour earlier.
Ellos habían empezado antes que nosotros. They had started earlier than we had.
Deberíais haber venido un poco antes. You should have come a little earlier.
Mi madre se levanta antes que nadie. My mother gets up earlier than anyone else.
Siento no haber contestado tu carta antes. Sorry I haven't replied to your letter earlier.
¿Por qué no lo has dicho antes? Why didn't you say so earlier?
Ayer, Tom llegó antes de lo usual. Tom arrived earlier than usual yesterday.
La reunión terminó antes de lo normal. The meeting ended earlier than usual.
Mi hermano siempre se levanta antes que yo. My brother always gets up earlier than I.
Por favor, perdóname por no haberte escrito antes. Please forgive me for not having written to you earlier.
Ojalá hubiera salido de casa cinco minutos antes. If only I had left home five minutes earlier.
Por favor olvídate de lo que hablamos antes. Please forget what we talked about earlier.
Si hubieras venido un poco antes, hubieras podido conocerla. Had you come a little earlier, you could have met her.
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