Before him, mutilated, bleeding to death, they lay.

Before his death, he was absolved from the excommunication ; moreover, the Pope also promised that the King of Hungary and his relatives would not be excommunicated without the special permission of the Pope.

Before his death on August 11, 1919, Carnegie had donated $ 350, 695, 654 for various causes.

Before the actual process of cell death is precipitated by enzymes, apoptotic signals must cause regulatory proteins to initiate the apoptosis pathway.

Before his death in Herat, on June 9, 1863, Dost Mohammad Khan had nominated as his successor Sher Ali Khan, his third son, passing over the two elder brothers, Afzal Khan and Azam Khan.

* Before his death Joshua delivered a farewell address to the Israelites ( 23 – 24 ), just as Moses had delivered his farewell address ( Deut.

Before his death in 1283, Karma Pakshi wrote a will to protect the established interests of his sect by advising his disciples to locate a boy to inherit the black hat.

Thomas was a teenager when many of the poems for which he became famous were published: " And death shall have no dominion ", " Before I Knocked " and " The Force That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower ".

Before his death in 1987, Kaye demonstrated his ability to conduct an orchestra during a comical, but technically sound, series of concerts organized for UNICEF fundraising.

Before leaving, Lee learns from his teacher that Han's bodyguard O ' Hara ( Robert Wall ) had been involved in the death of his sister, Su Lin ( Angela Mao ), years ago, when she committed suicide to save herself from dishonour after being cornered by O ' Hara and a collection of Han's thugs.

Before this, however, he had become Earl of Aberdeen on his grandfather's death in 1801, and had travelled all over Europe.

Before Hildegard ’ s death, a problem arose with the clergy of Mainz.

Before his death, Brown was scheduled to perform a duet with singer Annie Lennox on the song " Vengeance " for her new album Venus, which was released in 2007.

Before he can sell the secret of the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union, he is discovered by the British and is killed by members of MI5 who stage his death as a heart attack.

Before Stalin's death, Beria was appointed First Deputy Premier and reappointed head of the MVD, which he merged with the MGB.

Before his death he played extensively in colleges, concert halls, coffee houses and also on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, as well as recording three further albums for Vanguard Records.

Before his death, Meher Baba had made extensive preparations for a public darshan program to be held in Poona ( now Pune ), India.

Before Mormon's death in battle, he passed the golden plates to Moroni.

Before his death he had urged the College of Cardinals to elect Giovanni di San Paolo as his successor, but Lotario de ' Conti was elected pope on the very day on which Celestine III died.

Before her death in 1198, she named Innocent as guardian of the young Frederick until he reached his maturity.

Before her death, on November 15, 1908, she allegedly ordered her trusted eunuchs to poison the Guangxu Emperor.

Before Tony's death, the brothers collaborated on a miniseries based on the late Robin Cook's novel, Coma for A & E.

Before his death however, Chelebi's last words were to accuse Ibrahim of conspiracy against the Sultan.

Before his death, he confessed of his sins and died repentant.

* Before 2: 30 PM, the official death count at the Pentagon has risen to 189, including the 64 in the plane.

Before Henry II's civil war in southern Germany erupted, Otto II was faced with disputes in western Germany.

Before the imperial family celebrated Christmas together in Ravenna, Otto II received the Iron Crown of Lombardy as the King of Italy.

Before his death ( March 981 ), he had gained from Emperor Otto I the title of Duke of Spoleto also.

Before Wenceslaus became of age, the government was handled by Otto IV, Margrave of Brandenburg, who is said to have held Wenceslaus captive in several locations.

Before sending them on board the steamer, Otto instructs Emily not to disclose the truth about what has happened to them in the past months.

Before his death ( March 981 ), he had gained from Emperor Otto I the title of Duke of Spoleto also.

Before World War I he gained some fame by discussing with Otto Bauer about the origins of inflation in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Before the outbreak of war, Rosbaud hurried into print Otto Hahn's work on nuclear fission in the German physics magazine Naturwissenschaften in January 1939.

Before he knows it William has assembled a newsroom staff, including Sacharissa Cripslock, a prim young woman who attracts news items from talkative, flirtatious city guards, Otto, a vampire photographer from Uberwald who has sworn off drinking blood and often disintegrates in his own camera flash, and Rocky, a quasi-literate troll who deals with the more irate members of the public.

Before World War I, Otto von Below became major-general in 1909 and lieutenant-general in 1912.

Before he made that retreat, he telephoned Earl Blackman in Kansas City and asked him to come to Europe with him.

Before he left the apartment he knocked on their door and asked if there was anything he could do for them.

Before accepting a role as a villain in Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West, Henry Fonda called Wallach and asked " What the hell does he know about the West?

Before he died, Marx asked Engels to write up these ideas, which were published in 1884 under the title The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State.

Before taking any steps to meet the wishes of Michael, Louis asked the pope's permission for a number of his bishops to assemble and make a selection of passages from the Fathers to elucidate the question that the Greeks had put before them.

Before its publication, the publisher asked for Melville to remove one sentence.

Before receiving the formal nod, Harding was summoned by George Harvey, told he was considered to be the consensus nominee, and asked if he knew, " before God ", whether there was anything in his life which would be an impediment.

Before 1907 there were no penalties for a refusal and the competitor was sometimes asked to miss the fence to please the spectators.

Before filming commenced, Samuel Goldwyn and other Jewish film executives approached Darryl Zanuck and asked him not to make the film, fearing that it would " stir up trouble ".

Before his death, he asked Emperor Yong Le that ( 1 ) Brunei and Sungai Kinabatangan be made ( or annexed as ) Chinese territories, ( 2 ) named Gunung Kinabalu, and ( 3 ) that he himself be buried in China.

Before shooting a seduction scene between Eli Wallach and Carroll Baker, he privately asked Wallach, " Do you think you actually go through with seducing that girl?

Before the birth of Narendra, she yearned for a son and asked a relative at Varanasi to make religious offerings to the god Shiva.

Before departing to Rome, he summoned Conanus, the rebellious nephew of Octavius, and asked him to rule as king of the land, which was renamed Brittany, or ' Little Britain '.

Before his death, Alger asked Edward Stratemeyer to complete his unfinished works.

Before the running of the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky, trainer Horatio Luro asked Shoemaker to make a commitment to ride Northern Dancer in the Kentucky Derby.

Before the band entered Rockfield Studios in Wales to record their debut album, McGurk was asked to leave the band.

Before The Search for Spock was released, its director Leonard Nimoy was asked to return to direct the next film in the franchise.

Before a question is asked it is checked that it meets the requirements of the House's Standing orders, before being transmitted to the relevant ministers.

Before the 1991 season, Santiago asked for a four-year contract worth $ 11 million, but lost his arbitration case and was awarded a one-year contract worth $ 1. 65 million.

Before he was burned, a priest asked him if he would accept Jesus and go to heaven.

Before he died he asked forgiveness and confessed that he should not be admired, since the reason he fasted was simply that he could not find food to his liking.

Before his departure, he asked the widowed Queen Olga to become regent until Constantine's return.

Before Christmas Eve, Mohr brought the words to Gruber and asked him to compose a melody and guitar accompaniment for the church service.

Before the fight, a reporter asked Wepner if he thought he could survive in the ring with the champion, to which Wepner allegedly answered, " I've been a survivor my whole life ... if I survived the Marines, I can survive Ali.

Before elections started, he asked that the results be respected by everyone, and all agreed.