Sentence examples for donated it before from inspiring English sources

Yves Saint-Laurent had expressed the wish that the Goya be given to the Louvre and Pierre Bergé gladly donated it before his sale in February.

In a twist of fate, the family donated it to France before the war, and so it was incorporated into the same union of museums as the Louvre.

Mr. Holman may have bought for Mrs. Wakeman as well, though Mr. Snydacker said library research indicates she bought most of her collection all at once, at a giant auction in Boston held just months before she donated it to the Pequot in December 1898.

It was originally exhibited at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition in 2007, before the artist donated it to the Tate.

Blood doping An athlete takes a pint of his or her own blood, in the same procedure as donating it, a while before competing and then stores it.

He then had a Web site set up and asked fans to vote on what he should do with the ball: put an asterisk on it before donating it to the National Baseball Hall of Fame; leave it alone and send it to Cooperstown as is; or blast it into space.

The man told Knoche to take off the For Sale sign, and the company kept it for its historical collection before donating it to the Smithsonian.

He is putting an asterisk on the ball before donating it to the Hall of Fame.

Portas concedes that she should have asked before donating it – though, she adds, she hadn't seen her wearing it for ages.

Then, if enough money is raised, they hope to send the exhibition on an international tour, before donating it to a large public library.

The "Spirit of St . Louis was returned from Europe to the United States aboard ship, and Lindbergh flew it extensively throughout North, Central, and South America to promote interest in aeronautics before donating it to the Smithsonian Institution.