Before his departure, a group of his friends, the Reverend Stidger among them, had given him a luncheon, and Stidger had seen advance sheets of Elmer Gantry.

Before his departure from the city of Split, he had made over to the Templars the Castle of Klis, a strategic point in the hinterland of Split which controlled the approaches to the town.

Before his departure for Rome, his friends had applied to the Venetian senate for a pension, to enable him to pursue his studies without embarrassment.

Before their departure, the ship of the commander Belisarius was anchored in front of the Imperial palace, and the Patriarch offered prayers for the success of the enterprise.

Before the departure of British colonial rule and the subsequent independence of Pakistan, the population of the city included Hindus and Sikhs, but the community is still present numbering around 250, 000 residents.

Before his departure, various honours were conferred on him, including the freedom of the city of Geneva.

Agnes Mongan has written of the portrait drawings: Before his departure in the fall of 1806 from Paris for Rome, the familiar characteristics of his drawing style were well established, the delicate yet firm contour, the definite yet discreet distortions of form, the almost uncanny capacity to seize a likeness in the precise yet lively delineation of features. The preferred materials were also already established: the sharply pointed graphite pencil on a smooth white paper.

Before his departure, Kilmer had contracted with publishers to write a book about the war, deciding upon the title Here and There with the Fighting Sixty-Ninth.

Before his departure for Rome in December 1857, Bizet's prize cantata was performed at the Académie to an enthusiastic reception.

Before the Governor's departure, he and the colonists had agreed that a message would be carved into a tree if they had moved and would include an image of a Maltese Cross if the decision was made by force.

Before their departure, Evelyn meets Rafe and reveals that she is pregnant with Danny's child, although she doesn't want Danny to know so he can focus on the upcoming mission.

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

Before departure the engineer informed the pilot of the problem and confirmed that the tanks would have to be verified with a floatstick.

Before signalling the departure, a whistle is blown by the Guard at least couple minutes before, as a warning to the passengers to quickly board the train.

Before his departure for Thonburi, the King conferred honours and distinction on those who had contributed to success of his campaign.

Before his departure, Park gave to Isaaco, a Mandingo guide who had been with him thus far, letters to take back to Gambia for transmission to Britain.

Before their departure from the rendezvous in the forest, many had seen rows of bodies already hanging from the branches of nearby trees.

Before his departure, Guan Yu made a military pledge that he would not spare Cao Cao's life on account of his past relationship with the warlord.

Before her departure, Isidoro gave her a small statue to protect her.

Before Andros ' departure for England, the dominion was effectively dissolved, with colonial governments replaced by that of the dominion returning to power.

Before her departure she was affiliated with The Hurricane and Rosey and nicknamed " Super Stacy.

" Before he had settled into his new printing office on Gay Street, Brownlow had become embroiled in a war of words with Knoxville Register editor John Miller McKee that lasted until McKee's departure in 1855.

" Before departure Pierre is described as going back and forth in deciding whether he is going on the fishing trip or not.

Before departure, two mechanical keys of ten bits each were inserted into the shown reader.

Before her departure, she had already begun to show signs of dark side tendencies that rose from the loss of Anakin.

Before the battle, Cao Cao went forth to negotiate with Ma Chao and Han Sui.

Before his death, he wrote to Liu Bei, " Most of my extended family of 200 people were killed by Cao Cao.

Before long, Cao Cao's army began to run short of supplies and Cao Cao was in a dilemma on whether to retreat in order to lure Yuan Shao deeper into his territory.

Before his advisers were able to change his mind, Cao Cao consented, commissioned Liu Bei and Zhu Ling with an army to move south.

Before his death, Gaozu said Cao Shen can be chancellor after Xiao He dies, and Wang Ling may succeed Cao Shen.

Before the Battle of Changban, Wei Yan tried to revolt against Cai Mao, who had already surrendered to Cao Cao, to give the city of Xiangyang to Liu Bei.

Before Liu Bei reached Xuchang, Cao Cao caught word of his advance and rushed back to the city to join in its defense.

Before he departed, Yu was instructed to travel to Ye to pay his respects at Cao Cao's tomb.

Before his death, Xiao He recommended Cao Shen to succeed him.

Before Cao led the main army to the frontline, Yue was assigned several thousand soldiers to reinforce Yu Jin at Yan Ford ( 延津 ; north of modern-day Yanjin, Henan ).

Before he can finish him off, a mysterious Old Man comes out of nowhere and announces that he will start training the two cripples so that they can get revenge on Lin Chang Cao.

Before the fighting, the Parliament of England did not have a large permanent role in the English system of government, functioning as a temporary advisory committee, summoned by the monarch whenever the Crown required additional tax revenue, and subject to dissolution by the monarch at any time.

Before Brabantio reaches Othello, news arrives in Venice that the Turks are going to attack Cyprus ; therefore Othello is summoned to advise the senators.

Before a spirit can be summoned it must teach the shaman its song.

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 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 the town was completely cut off on 19 August General Lewenhaupt and General Buddenbrock were summoned immediately to Stockholm for an inquiry for their actions.

Before his death, he summoned eight of his most prestigious ministers, headed by Sushun, Zaiyuan, and Duanhua, and named them the " Eight Regent Ministers " to direct and support the future Emperor.

Before his departure from Europe, Middleton was summoned to report to the Third Army Chief of Staff in Koblenz.

Before Yang Jian could depart, however, Emperor Xuan suddenly grew seriously ill. Two of Emperor Xuan's close associates, Liu Fang ( 劉昉 ) and Zheng Yi ( 鄭譯 ), who were friends of Yang's, summoned Yang to the palace to prepare to serve as regent, overriding the desire of another closet associate, Yan Zhiyi ( 顏之儀 ), to have Emperor Xuan's uncle Yuwen Zhao ( 宇文招 ) the Prince of Zhao appointed regent.

Before she leaves, Kim notices a small lizard ( the leftover of one of the first witch casualties, a wick boy who died the night Kim was summoned to Salem ).

Before it could destroy any of the defending ships, Kaito ’ s energy was recharged thanks to the Tiny Baltan and the mortal summoned Ultraman Max again.

All he tells her is that the beasts were summoned from another world to deal with her, and that she is ' one of the thirteen ' Before they can get any more answers from him he vanishes.

Before the fighting ended, MacArthur summoned a provisional assembly of prominent Filipinos to Malacañan Palace and in their presence declared the Commonwealth of the Philippines to be permanently reestablished.