I got there a week before the conference, ahead of everyone else.

That's why I wanted us to meet before the conference this morning.

"Did any of you four leave the room after half past five, before the conference ended?"

Before the conference, he advised black community leaders of his decision.

A couple of days before the conference he would speak at the Hilton.

"It's going to be fun," he told me a few days before the conference.

She had planned tomorrow, her day off before the conference, to take a tour of the city.

It was established that they met for breakfast before the conference.

"The document before the conference is 92 percent agreed," he said.

All of this happened before the conference even began.