Sentence examples for was shortly before from inspiring English sources

According to court papers filed by the office of the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., it was shortly before 11 p.m. when Detective Steven Lane, of the Special Victims Squad, asked Mr. Strauss-Kahn if he wanted to talk about "the incident".

It was shortly before 6 p.m. Vansant was a college man.

It was shortly before 3pm.

It was shortly before 12.53pm on Thursday.

This was shortly before the blackout in 2003.

It was shortly before 5 p.m. on Friday evening.

It was shortly before Connolly was disgracefully shot.

That was shortly before he engineered the Sept. 11 attacks and changed the world.

That was shortly before he went on a tear, winning four consecutive tournaments.

It was shortly before the invasion that crushed all those hopes and dreams.

That was shortly before Shiller published a book aimed at the layman entitled "Irrational Exuberance".