1.I might have done it before now if I had not guessed what he was after, and been on my guard.
要是我没有看透他的用意，而且小心提防的话，可能早就中他的计了。
2.They lay on their faces as if paralyzed, exactly as I had lain a few minutes before now.
他们面伏于地，彷佛瘫痪一般，完全和我数分钟前的姿势一样。
3.He was the only person who was able to use computer in out class before. Now all of us learnt to use it.
以前我们班就他一个人会用计算机，现在大家都会了。
4.If I had the body with total muscles (with 0% fat) before, now I have to exercise to make more flexible body with a bit of fat in it.
如果之前我身体总的肌肉（0%脂肪），现在为了更灵活必须让身体有适量的脂肪。
5.Explain to him that you are a very private person and hesitant to go into your history with people, but you meant to tell him before now.
向他解释你是个个人隐私看得很重的人，对于他人进入你的过去，你是迟疑的，你之前也一直想跟他说这件事。
6.He said he had gone to private school before now.
他说之前他去的是私立学校。
7.Since all but one of them have been at least mentioned before now, we can even do a brief thumbnail sketch of each of them.
既然他们中除一人以外在此之前都已经至少被提到过一次，我们甚至能对他们每一个人做一个简短描述。
8.I should have told you before now, but I hesitated to give you an excuse to leave us.
在此之前，我应该告诉你的，可是我犹豫了，这会给你一个借口，好离开我们。
9.I was too dumb to get out of this business before; now I'm 56. But I generally love fishing out there.
以前，我对这个行业很麻木，没想过转业，现在我已经56岁了，但是我喜欢出海打鱼。
10.Some banks would have liked to act more aggressively before now, but were restrained by a desire not to be first with the bad news.
有些银行想采取比现在更大胆的行动，但由于不想成为第一个带来坏消息的样板而有所克制。