come before

VERB
  1. be the predecessor of
    Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands
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How To Use come before In A Sentence

  • The only problem that I see with asking and getting an answer is the possible prejudgment on issues that could come before theCourt. The Volokh Conspiracy » “We Cannot Ask a Man [Being Considered for the Supreme Court] What He Will Do”
  • In other news, MovableType considers capital letters to come before lower case letters when alphabetising things.
  • She said it was regrettable that a policeman, who had taken an oath, had come before the court and deliberately misled the court.
  • So that they shall not be bound to come before the Iustices aforesaid, except any of the same Barons doe implead any man, or if any man be impleaded. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
  • One source close to the meeting said the deal hasn't been signed yet and indicated a few more hurdles had to be overcome before there would be any white smoke.
  • The priest, deacon and subdeacon come before the altar, and ascend to the predella; the rubrics do not say that they genuflect before doing so. Compendium of the 1955 Holy Week Revisions of Pius XII: Part 4.1 - Mass of Presanctified, Good Friday, Mass of the Catechumens and the Solemn Prayers
  • What is her gross income before deductions?
  • Yet it must be borne in mind that most of the really dangerous disputes, involving likelihood of war, are not arbitrable in their nature, and will come before the The Unity of Civilization
  • I expressed my hope, again, that the plaintiffs would retain legal counsel to assist them on that date in view of the potential ultimacy of the matters to come before me and that this time had been scheduled for a trial.
  • I think so far we have seen a huge divide between the majority of senators who are truely dedicated to the job and the few others who continually show up late, disrespect and demeane group and program leaders who come before them, and fail to show any sort of commitment to serving anything besides their own egos, "mentioned Sam Dotterz-Katz, when questioned about the Senate's overall ethical behavior. Oregon Commentator
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