Usage examples of "quelques heures avant" in French with translation to English

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Nous sommes arrivés à l'aéroport trois heures avant notre vol. We arrived at the airport three hours before our flight.
Dans le restaurant où nous étions hier soir, nous avons dû attendre deux heures avant de passer commande. Quel établissement lamentable ! In the restaurant we were yesterday, we had to wait two hours before ordering. What a terrible establishment!
Je dois être là avant 7 heures. I have to be there by 7:00.
Tu peux sortir si tu reviens avant 7 heures. You can go out on condition that you come home by seven.
Il sera revenu avant 5 heures. He'll be back by five o'clock.
Il sera chez lui un peu avant 5 heures. He reached home shortly before five o'clock.
Il n'arrive jamais avant 9 heures. He never appears before nine o'clock.
Venez absolument avant 5 heures. Never fail to come here by five.
Elle est revenue avant 8 heures. She came back before eight.
Elle ne revint pas avant 6 heures. She did not return till six.
Je serai de retour à la maison avant 6 heures. I'll come home by six o'clock.
J'ai peur qu'il ne soit pas là avant 13 heures. I'm afraid he won't be here until 1:00.
J'ai l'habitude d'aller au lit avant 10 heures. I usually go to bed before ten.
Tu dois être de retour avant dix heures. You must be back before ten.
Je reviens avant six heures. I'll be back by six.
Il n'est pas revenu avant dix heures. He did not come back before ten o'clock.
Tu dois être revenue avant dix heures. You must be back before ten.
Elle en a terminé avec son travail avant cinq heures. She got through her work before five.
Il alla l'extérieur un petit peu avant cinq heures. He went out a little before five o'clock.
Je serai de retour avant neuf heures. I will be back by nine.
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