ない内に

Meaning

1. exp
   before it becomes (verb); before (an undesirable thing occurs)

Example sentences

• 彼は雇われて２ヶ月もしない内に首になった。

  He had not been employed two months before he was fired.

• あまり長く待たない内に彼がきた。

  I had not waited long before he came.

• あまり遠くに行かない内ににわか雨にあった。

  We had not gone far before we were caught in a shower.