Sentence examples for footsteps before from inspiring English sources

Eugene O'Neill made a few halfhearted attempts at following in his actor father's footsteps before heading off on the long journey that would eventually result in some of the American theater's greatest plays.

His mother was a healthcare assistant in a general hospital, and when Filer dropped out of his first degree at Dartington College of Arts, where he'd been studying theatre, he followed in her footsteps, before moving into mental healthcare.

If I sensed them in the hallway when I was about to leave, I waited to hear their door latch and receding footsteps before existing my place.

But the sound of audience footsteps leaving before the end was, presumably, not in the score.

Forget Me Not (91 mins, 15) This low-budget Brit-indie film, above, follows in the footsteps of Before Sunrise, in that it has two strangers walking and talking around London one night and, who knows, perhaps even falling in love.

As the men were crossing the Broughton Suspension Bridge, built four years earlier by Fitzgeralds's father, they felt it begin to vibrate in time with their footsteps, and before they had reached the other side the bridge collapsed.

Women today are fortunate to be following in the footsteps of pioneers before them.

Following in the footsteps of Philip Seymour Hoffman before him, the once awkward kid of indie cinema has – in characteristically subtle fashion – emerged as one of the "greatest actors of his generation", according to those who have worked with him.

He wasn't sure what he wanted to do -- he gave no indication that he wanted to follow in his father's footsteps -- but before his senior year was over, he ventured to Cambridge, Mass., and sat in some classes at Harvard Law School.

But he follows in the footsteps of Americans before him who boldly question its greatness.

With that, Sherman can now follow proudly in the footsteps of athletes before him who have changed sports for the better -- those who have fought for equality, mutual respect and civil rights -- by taking a stand against racism.