Example sentences of "ahead of me [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Calvin Smith came in ahead of me but I beat the Pole Marian Woronin , who had run third at the previous European .
2 He came rushing out of an alleyway just ahead of me but he did n't see me .
3 I was thrilled at the prospect ahead of me but diffident and embarrassed at joining a community so totally unfamiliar .
4 It was a Saturday night and I had a fortnight of holiday ahead of me while the Airds were unexpectedly away , not to speak of the obligatory Sunday to get through , the one that would have fallen to me in any case .
5 They were trying more to come one place ahead of me than to win a medal .
6 We went on a few yards , then I held back to let her go ahead of me where the path was narrowest .
7 Plodding upwards , looking straight ahead of me or hardly looking at all , I was conscious suddenly of something on either side , looked to the right and the left .
8 Berger said : ‘ He made it to the first corner ahead of me and I tried to hang on .
9 I gobbled them down — there was a whole day ahead of me and no guarantee of food — and washed them down with water .
10 ‘ The bike skidded on past ahead of me and I followed it in to the side of the road .
11 The Kawasaki disappeared to the right up ahead of me and I followed slowly .
12 My best years are ahead of me and I am looking forward to next season .
13 After that I made a habit of sending Timmy upstairs ahead of me when it 's time to go to bed .
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