His father died before him, so he became king in 1377.

His first wife died before the turn of the century.

His wife died before 1863 at the age of 22.

More than one in four children died before the age of 5.

I couldn't care less if he died before my eyes.

They had at least one son, and she died before 1517.

Her husband died in 1968 before the war of 1971.

The president died before the end of the war, and the plan never took effect.

Together they had five children, although three of them died before 1898.

Men and women whose children all died long before they did.

A very old woman, the only company for the man, died just before.

We had nearly died the night before, and I didn't want to take another chance.

He moved into the house where his father had died three years before.

My father had died two years before at the age of 38.

She had never seen anyone die before, not even her father.

The talk had died only days before, and he didn't know why.

His wife had died before, when the baby was born.

After all, he'd seen patients die before, even people who had called him friend.

But his wife died months before, after a long battle with cancer.

This included my Dad, who had died two years before.