"My fame precedes me," the tall man said, bowing slightly.

His name and fame had already preceded him and soon he was flooded with offers.

His fame preceded him and he was received by the most eminent men of the kingdom.

Your fame precedes you here," he said, his hand touching her skirt.

By the age of 20, when he passed through Vilnius, his fame preceded him.

"The fame of your regiment, sir, has preceded you."

I approached several, but I found that my father's fame had preceded me.

Thereafter his fame preceded him like a death wind.

In 1821 he was called to the English Bar, where his fame as a pleader had preceded him.

Your fame precedes you, to the wonderment of us all.