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.

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 the 2003 season, seats were added to the Green Monster.

It was immortalised in the lines of G. K. Chesterton's poem The Rolling English Road from his book The Flying Inn: " For there is good news yet to hear and fine things to be seen ; Before we go to Paradise by way of Kensal Green.

Before the 2009 elections, Shem-Tov was expelled from the party by Shlomi Sandak who was the temporary chairman of the Green Leaf Party.

Before entering the professional ranks he coached college ball at the University of Minnesota, Bowling Green State University, the University of North Dakota, and his alma mater, Coe College.

Anne Shirley also appears in Budge Wilson's Before Green Gables, an authorized prequel to Anne of Green Gables supported by the heirs of L. M.

Later, in 2009, the prequel novel Before Green Gables was adapted into an anime, Kon ' nichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables, in which Anne also appears as the central character.

* Before Ridgway's confession, authorities had not attributed to the Green River Killer the deaths of victims Rule, Barczak, Hayes, Reeves, Yellowrobe and ' victim 49 '.

Before being officially named St Kilda in 1841 by Charles La Trobe, who was superintendent of the Port Phillip District of New South Wales, the area was known by several names, including ' Green Knoll ' and ' The Village of Fareham '.

Before they vanish, Batman instigates a contingency plan, in which a handful of heroes would be assembled to create a new JLA, consisting of Nightwing, Green Arrow, the Atom, Hawkgirl, Major Disaster, Faith, Firestorm and Jason Blood.

Before standing for parliament, Damian Green was Channel 4's business editor.

Before his election he had held elected office within the Hornsey and Wood Green Constituency Labour Party as well as in Newcastle-under-Lyme.

But Beckwith recognized that, " Before a Special Forces Green Beret soldier could become a good unconventional solder, he'd first have to be a good conventional one ... Because I had commanded rifle and weapons companies, I was appalled on arriving in Special Forces to find officers who had never commanded conventional units.

Before the Second World War building work commenced on what had been Green Belt land.

Before being elected to public office, Hansen was a school teacher, a Teamster ’ s Union steward, and also a truck driver for the City of Green Bay.

Before the Old Campus was built, the buildings of Yale's Old Brick Row bordered the Green here.

Before leaving office Soorley started the major infrastructure projects, such as the Eleanor Schonell Bridge ( previously known as the Green Bridge ) from Dutton Park to St Lucia and North-South Bypass Tunnel.

* Kon ' nichiwa Anne: Before Green Gables ( Sorridi, piccola Anna )

Before 1906, the White River joined the Green River near Auburn, and the combined river ( under the name " White ") joined the Black River at Tukwila, forming the Duwamish River, which emptied into Elliott Bay at Seattle.

Before North Harrow tube station was opened and the suburb developed, the area was originally known as Hooking Green.