like never before

Ladies and gentlemen, our nation is devided like never before. / Дамы и господа, наша нация разделена, как никогда раньше.

He used to be my friend.

- We have to kill him before he kills everyone else! / Мы дожны убить его, прежде чем он убьет всех остальных!

- I won't do it. He used to be my friend. / Я не сделаю это. Раньше он был моим другом. (из сериала South Park)

I'm not going back to the person I was.

Why didn't we think of it sooner?

I haven't seen you around here before.

I've never seen anything like that before.

much sooner

It started much sooner than we thought. / Это началось гораздо раньше, чем мы думали.

I've lost the edge.

Why didn't I think of that before?

You should have listened to me earlier.