5.106 relating events and times
You can also be more general by stating the relationship between an event and a period of time or specific point in time.
'Before', 'prior to', and 'after' can be used to relate events to a time:
- She gets up before six.
- If you're stuck come back and see me before Thursday.
- ...the construction of warships by the major powers prior to 1914.
- City Music Hall is going to close down after Easter.
- Clean up the kitchen after the weekend.
or to another event:
- I was in a bank for a while before the war.
- She gave me much helpful advice prior to my visit to Turkey.
- Jack left after breakfast.
- He was killed in a car accident four years after their marriage.
- After much discussion, they had decided to take the coin to a jeweller.
'Following', 'previous to' and 'subsequent to' can also be used with events.
- These features increase the chances that we will be able to see and think clearly following a physical attack.
- He suggests that Ross was prompted previous to the parade.
- The testimony and description of one witness would be supplied prior to the interview; those of the other two subsequent to it.