Before he went into battle Andrei had told Alex, `` I only want to be a Pole.

As his ship was readied for battle, Nelson held a final dinner with Vanguard < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s officers, announcing as he rose: " Before this time tomorrow I shall have gained a peerage or Westminster Abbey ," in reference to the rewards of victory or the traditional burial place of British military heroes.

Before the battle, the Cossack army totaled 80, 000 men ; 28, 000-33, 000 Tatars and uncertain numbers of Ukrainian peasants.

Before the battle, one of Mark Antony's generals, Quintus Dellius, had defected to Octavian, bringing with him Mark Antony's battle plans.

Before sailing for home, Eleanor got the terrible news that Raymond, with whom she had the winning battle plan for the Crusade, had been beheaded by the overpowering forces of the Muslim armies from Edessa.

Before that battle, a series of omens had been witnessed, including a series of lightning bolts, which Fabius had believed were warnings from the gods.

Before a battle the sarissa were carried in two pieces and then slid together when they were being used.

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

In the episode " Before and After ", Kes participates in Voyager's year-long battle with the Krenim, becoming infected with particles from a chronoton torpedo.

Before the battle, Oswald had a wooden cross erected ; he knelt down, holding the cross in position until enough earth had been thrown in the hole to make it stand firm.

Before the battle started, Muhammad had given orders for the Muslims to attack with their ranged weapons, and only engage the Quraysh with melee weapons when they advanced.

Before he died in battle, he was reported to have said: " Let it never be the case that a Bohemian king runs a fight!

Before father and son can be reconciled, George is killed at the battle of Waterloo, leaving the pregnant Amelia to carry on as well as she can.

Before the battle, Henry rallies his troops with the famous St. Crispin's Day Speech, referring to " we few, we happy few, we band of brothers ".

Sherman offered Grant an example from his own life, " Before the battle of Shiloh, I was cast down by a mere newspaper assertion of ' crazy ', but that single battle gave me new life, and I'm now in high feather.

Before Cyrus and his army crossed the Aras River to battle with northern tribes, he installed his son Cambyses II as king in case he should not return from battle.

" Before sending Admiral Wilhelm Marschall out in Operation Juno, Raeder told him: " We must engage the enemy in battle, even if this should cost us one of the battleships.

Before the battle began, an army of Orcs and Wargs descended on Erebor.

Before the battle, Abijah addressed the armies of Israel, urging them to submit and to let the Kingdom of Israel be whole again.

Before the battle King Charles II contracted the Worcester Clothiers to outfit his army with uniforms but was unable to pay the £ 453. 3s bill.

Before the Tripartite Dinner Meeting of November 29, 1943 at the Tehran Conference, Churchill presented Stalin with a specially commissioned ceremonial sword ( the " Sword of Stalingrad ", made in Sheffield ) commemorating the victory in the battle of Stalingrad, as a gift from King George VI to the citizens of Stalingrad and the people of the Soviet Union.

Before the battle, there was evidently much debate amongst the Boeotarchs about whether to fight or not.

Before the Norman conquest of England Harefield belonged to Countess Goda, the sister of Edward the Confessor.

Before Edward the Confessor became king of England, he was exiled to the continent.

Before 1066 the manor of Wakefield belonged to Edward the Confessor and it passed to William the Conqueror after the Battle of Hastings.

Before the Norman conquest of England in 1066 the settlement was held by Wlwen probably under patronage of King Edward the Confessor.

Before the Norman conquest of England Alric, son of Goding, a thegn of Edward the Confessor, held the manors of Chilton and Easington.

Before the Norman conquest of England Alric, son of Goding, a thegn of Edward the Confessor, held the manors of Chilton and Easington.

Before the Norman conquest of England Alric, son of Goding, a thegn of Edward the Confessor, held the manor of Dorton.

`` Before then, my sales during much of the year had lagged behind 1960 by 20% '', he says.

" Generally, comics are not allowed to include such words as " damn ", " sucks ", " screwed " and " hell ", although there have been exceptions such as the September 22, 2010 Mother Goose and Grimm in which an elderly man says, " This nursing home food sucks ," and a pair of Pearls Before Swine comics from January, 2011 with a character named Ned using the word " crappy ".

* Before 3: 00 PM, Colin Powell says both Pakistan and Iran have closed their borders with Afghanistan.

In War Before Civilization, Lawrence H. Keeley, a professor at the University of Illinois, says that approximately 90 – 95 % of known societies throughout history engaged in at least occasional warfare, and many fought constantly.

Before overthrowing the rule of Enshakushana of the Second Uruk Dynasty and becoming monarch, the king-list says she was a tavern-keeper.

Before becoming a fully-fledged Watcher, he also worked as " the curator of a British museum, maybe the British Museum " as Willow says (" Welcome to the Hellmouth "), although, given the context, she may well have been repeating a rumor that was going around the school.

Before taking the " final plunge " into Control's scheme, Leamas makes Liz promise not to look for him, no matter what she hears, and says good-bye to her.

Before the tour to support the album it was decided that Crombie would return to percussion ( something he says he enjoyed more than drumming ), and the band would find a new drummer.

Before his death, Partridge says to Preston that all the consequences of feeling are a " cost he would pay gladly ".

Before then, says Polybius, " These plains were anciently inhabited by Etruscans ", before the Gauls took the entire Po valley from them.

Prufrock says that there will be time " for the yellow smoke that slides along the street ", time " to murder and create ", and time " for a hundred indecisions ... Before the taking of a toast and tea ".

Before they rescue him, the Wizard asks the Little Pink Bear where Ozma is and it says that she is in the pit, too.

Before that he gave disco lessons at sororities and says he paid for his junior year with a chain letter.

Before returning to the future, Wildfire cryptically says to Red Tornado " Fight what's inside you, John.

Before they continue their vacation, Lilith bloodies Frasier's nose off-screen with the train whistle after he says " home to Dagmar " to the cab driver Antonio ( Tony Shalhoub ).

Before he could fight back, Walton says he passed out.

Before he can do so, however, Butters escapes, so the doctor simply says, " Oh, well.

Before Masao and Kikujiro part, Kikujiro says " Let's do it again sometime " and Masao thanks him.

Before the fight, Hawkeye says " Avengers, Defenders, Thunderbolts, I make any team better ".

In John 8: 58 Jesus says: " Before Abraham was born, I am.

Before leaving, she says that she does not care if their relationship started out as a spell ; it works because of who they are, and someday he will learn to trust that.

Before Angus can leave the gym, he is stopped by Melissa, who says she wants another dance with him.

Before vanishing Cordelia gives Angel one final boost as she says, " Be good, big guy!

Before his wife is taken away, she says, " Don't lose the children!