Sentence examples for before defect from inspiring English sources

Each tailored piece of the patch had been immersed into freshly prepared sterile saline for 6 min before defect patching.

Marsden was a Labour MP, who then defected to the Lib Dems before defecting back.

The 26-year-old Céspedes played in Cuba's top league for eight seasons before defecting in 2011.

Before defecting to Ukip in 2014, Carswell explicitly said he "would never join a party that was racist".

A prodigy, he played for Ukraine's chess federation before defecting to Russia and becoming a citizen in 2009.

He fought for the Confederacy in the American civil war before defecting to the Union side, from which he deserted.

ITV tried to lure back Madeley and Finnigan, who presented the network's flagship daytime show This Morning for 13 years before defecting to Channel 4 in 2001.

"Are you watching, Allardyce?" chorused Bolton's 4,000 travelling supporters, referring to the Newcastle manager who steered them into Europe before defecting to Tyneside.

Born into an élite Pyongyang family, the son of a construction minister, Cho taught economics and management at Kim Il-sung University before defecting, in 1994.

Coutts won the America's Cup for New Zealand in 1995 and repeated in 2000 before defecting to sail for land-locked Switzerland.

The boxer Guillermo Rigondeaux won two Olympic gold medals at bantamweight before defecting in 2007, turning pro and becoming the world super-bantamweight champion.