Sentence examples for was spent before from inspiring English sources

An odd angle of fire rendered the French cannons even less effective at close range than they had been from a distance of 2,500 meters, and half their ammunition was spent before noon.

But the money was spent before the work was even begun, and the town has been fined for that, too.

Roughly $107 million of a projected $200 million renovation budget was spent before the gala opening of the City Opera season in November.

Hugh Robertson, Britain's sports minister, said in an interview that much of the Olympics money was spent before the recession took hold — and before the Conservative-led coalition government came into power, in 2010.

He had also become disillusioned with the government's attitude towards child refugees and changes to how international aid was spent before making his decision to quit as MP for Sleaford and North Hykeham in Lincolnshire.

"We've had millions of pounds of public money spent and we have no idea what it's actually been spent on, and it was spent before it even got full planning permission," Hoey said.

Just since 2010, Congress has required that SSA spend ten percent less, in real dollars, than what it was spending before.

And plenty more of it figures to be spent before the week is through.

An additional $40 million is being spent before the vote, under the accord brokered with the White House.

His upper-body strength is spent before his arm moves forward.

"The billions we said needed to be spent before being put into administration still need to be spent".