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 Lanier took over, fans were accustomed to Houston's occasional slow starts, but with Lanier leading the way, Houston got off to a hot start, winning 13 of their first 19 contests.

Before the wedding starts, Steve takes Fran for a walk and asks her if they ’ re doing the right thing.

Before the next trick starts, a player may ask to review the cards from the last trick only.

Before the 386 the only way to switch from protected mode back to real mode was to reset the processor ; after a reset it always starts up in real mode to be compatible with earlier x86 CPUs back to the 8086.

Before Charlie starts roaming, he decides to feed Snoopy to show him what has happened.

Before the " Good Times " background starts, the intro to the recording is an interpolation of " Here Comes That Sound Again " by British studio group Love De-Luxe, a dance hit in 1979.

Before the meal starts, a gong is sounded and the attendees stand as the fellows and their guests come in from the Old Combination Room to sit at High Table.

Before the ceremony starts, the player and Ann find Buggs Zapper hiding underneath the table that an eagle is perched on and arrest him for the second time.

Before the presentation starts, people hear Maharaji asking for three promises: a ) to keep in touch, b ) to give Knowledge a fair chance, and c ) to not to share these techniques with anyone.

Before the trial starts, the motions can be based on defects in instituting the prosecution, defects in the indictment or information ( which can be challenged at any stage but are generally raised before a trial begins ).

Before he can actually kill Bunnicula, the demolition starts, crushing both the cat and the rabbit under rubble.

Before a water show starts, the nozzles break the water surface and the lights illuminating the hotel tower turn to a purple hue ( usually ), or red-white-and-blue for certain music.

* Before the game starts players may look at their cards, the Maumaster must say " the name of the game is __ ( some number of cards ) Mau the game has begun " at which point players are no longer allowed to look at their cards unless the Maumaster conitinues with " you may look at your cards " and then must dictate the first player who will start the game and the direction the game will go ( clockwise or counter ...)

Before Alex dies, he starts to believe he is the one who murdered Lauren.

Before the play starts, Gregers worked on a plant in the mountains, and is accused by Relling ( present there as well ), of " intriguing " with the local serfs ( actually commons ).

Before X-23 starts a killing spree on the civilians, Jubilee crashes in on an attempt to subdue her, but to no avail, as X-23 attempts to kill her.

Before the game starts and during the half-time break, the Lion walks among the crowd and stands for pictures with the children.

Before the presentation starts, people are asked to keep three promises: a ) to keep in touch, b ) to give Knowledge a fair chance, and c ) to not share these techniques with anyone.

" Before the White Man Came " seems as though it might be about colonialism or racism, but the " White Man " of the filmstrip starts to seem more likely to be a folkloric evil spirit, with a charged and ambiguous relationship to racial stereotypes.

Before a multiplayer game starts, the host can change gravity, regenerate health, and otherwise modify gameplay with " mutators " as is common in the Unreal series of games.

Before it becomes an expressway, Illinois 53 starts out in Long Grove going southwest towards Palatine.

Before gameplay starts, players enter their team names and select an avatar.

Before the opening credits and theme song begin, every episode starts with the following dialogue appearing in a montage of stills from the school:

Before the Kūčios meal starts, the families in Lithuania share kalėdaitis, also known as plotkelė, paplotėlis, plokštainėlis or Dievo pyragai depending on the region of Lithuania a family is from.