That he wouldn't destroy her before it was over with.

The artist was thought to have destroyed some of them before his death in 1992.

A draft of the second part was destroyed by the author before his death.

This was destroyed in a wind storm just before a major meeting.

But never had he been witness to a planet destroyed far before its time.

We too know them only as numbers, not men whose moral energies are destroyed before our eyes.

They expected to see the rash creature destroyed before their eyes, but nothing happened.

The prototypes were believed to be destroyed before the end of the war.

The bridge was partially destroyed before the British caught up with them.

What does a man with a starving child do when food is deliberately destroyed before his eyes?