Sentence examples for had perished before from inspiring English sources

I stood before those stairs, a grimy little innocent, and felt like an orphan who'd been told I was a prince to a kingdom that had perished before I was born.

But they are fast disappearing, and, hence, before many generations, will have perished before the destructive blast of progress.

Austrian police said those trapped inside the lorry appeared to have perished before they entered the country.

In 1753 there were 1172 bird specimens in the museum established by Sir Hans Sloane but these appear to have perished before they moved to the British Museum.

The Indian regiments were sent to Europe in their tropical cotton drill; winter kit, including greatcoats, did not arrive before dozens had perished from cold and frostbite.

You know that if New York Yankees Shortstop Derek Jeter had perished in a car crash a few weeks before the game that somebody might have said something.

My film had perished.

Whole family branches had perished.

She thought that I had perished.

His father and a hundred other relatives had perished.

All nine of the remaining Israeli hostages had perished.