He had to get to the house before the fire.
Over 100 people lived on the lot before the fire.
Only a short time now before the fire would come.
Later they sat together on the floor before the fire.
She came into the room and went to stand before the fire, her back now to him.
I got up too, and we stood looking at each other before the fire.
He made her stay in the chair before the fire.
At least it had looked like that, before the fire.
"He was with either you or me every moment before the fire yesterday."
Before the fire, the area looked much as it did at the turn of the century.