Sentence examples for before surrendering the from inspiring English sources

Passell planned the play on that assumption, aiming to discard his remaining heart before surrendering the lead.

After taking the fourth game, she found enough strength to force Medina Garrigues to five deuces on her serve before surrendering the fifth game, which lasted seven minutes.

He repeated his pledge that he would "die before surrendering" the flag, adding that he hoped "to show it to all the old masters".

The Florida athlete won the world 400 metres hurdles title in 2007 and 2009 before surrendering the crown to Great Britain's Dai Greene in Daegu last year.

When the French lost the war, they made a copy of the inscriptions before surrendering the stone to the English victors, who returned it to the British Museum.

But the gunman, Michael Brandon Hill, held one or two school employees captive in an office, then opened fire about half a dozen times at the police before surrendering, the authorities said.

No one has ever before surrendered top spot in the rankings twice and regained the ascendancy.

The forces at the Westerplatte fort withstood seven days of bombardment by the Germans before surrendering, and the fort remains the foremost symbol of Polish resistance.

A man wanted in a New Jersey murder investigation held his 3-year-old son hostage for four hours yesterday in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, before surrendering to the police, the authorities said.

The dying Daoíz was dragged away by his men, who continued to fight within the barracks buildings before surrendering at the request of Spanish Captain-General the Marquis de San Simón.

Over the next few minutes, they were driven back over 20 meters before finally surrendering the ball.