Sentence examples for before backing out from inspiring English sources

By Saturday, Jefferies & Company became the lead bidder to buy large portions of MF Global, before backing out late in the day.

Before backing out of the Saudi event, Dimon, Fink and Schwarzman spoke with each other this weekend to decide on the best course of action, people familiar with the matter said, confirming a report in the New York Times.

Before backing out of the conference earlier this week, the chief executives of JPMorgan, BlackRock and Blackstone – Jamie Dimon, Larry Fink and Stephen Schwarzman –had their staff contact Treasury Department officials to suggest that Mnuchin ask the Saudis to postpone or cancel the event, according to people familiar with the matter.

Last October, former Labour MP Eric Illsley, who was sentenced to 12 months for false accounting, agreed to be interviewed, before backing out after an uncomfortable appearance on Newsnight, in which he justified his inflated expenses claims by saying it was "an allowance for living in London".

Back in 2014, Amazon was reportedly nearing a $1.2 billion deal to buy the company before backing out months later.

She told investigators she agreed to be their getaway driver before backing out after suffering a panic attack at the last minute.

The Daily Beast had also been in the process of trying to arrange an interview with Clifford before she "backed out," the outlet said.

Shasta enters & seeing the two men, quickly backs out before they see her.

Some Syrians have backed out before traveling to Canada, intimidated by the geographic and cultural leap.

But until recently, they never had to worry that buyers would want to back out before closing.

The original paint shop supplier, Germany's Durr Industries, backed out before the project even got off the ground.