Question: Before I wrote you, I investigated your position in the planetary economy."
I investigated your position in the planetary economy after I wrote to you.

Answer: no

Question: He saw the slight twitch of her cloak and thought he might already be dead.
He thought he might have already been dead when he saw her cloak twitch.

Answer: yes

Question: i'm surprised that my uh my income taxes are as low as they are we just finished our income taxes and we're getting a nice little refund back this year which is which is nicer than having to pay out uh which is a matter of uh um i'm surprised it's well considering the national budget i think George Bush wanted one point four trillion dollars for the national budget and for a family of four like what i got that comes out to over twenty two thousand dollars that we it it's our share to pay in but i'm not paying that much income tax
My income taxes are low because I lost my job this year.

Answer:
it is not possible to tell