Sentence examples for but returned before from inspiring English sources

Mr Sharif, 63, was jailed and then exiled after the coup, but returned before elections in 2008, since when he has patiently bided his time in opposition.

He was signed for Bandung FC in Indonesia in 2011 on a two-year contract but returned before the end of the year.

Vern Stephens initially agreed to play in Mexico as well, but returned before Chandler's April 1 deadline.

Randravalahy, to whom Rainilaiarivony later ascribed the name Radilifera, was sent to France to study but returned before earning his diploma and faded into obscurity among the upper classes of Imerina.

You can't steal it: there's a famous case from the 1970s when a student was prosecuted for taking the question paper the night before but returned it before the exam and was found not guilty of theft of the information in the questions (Oxford v Moss, 1979).

So he accepted a scholarship offer from South Dakota and attended two-a-day practices, but returned home before ever attending a class.

He said there appeared to be some indecision about where they should go on their last full day in Syria as they left their hotel twice but returned twice before finally leaving.

But the cancer returned before Ernst played another game.

Linda had spent time away from the hospital on her daily "community passes" — she usually sat in a square in Concord, crocheting and people-watching — but she always returned before dinner was served.

But the vessel returned before dawn last Thursday, with relatively few seeing the end of an era.

More than 40 questionnaires were distributed to the NGOs and Agencies, but only 28 were returned before the deadline.