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Example sentences for "went before"

  • I went before to flee into Tharsis: for I know that thou art a gracious and merciful God, patient, and of much compassion, and easy to forgive evil.

  • And having said these things, he went before, going up to Jerusalem.

  • Who having heard the king, went their way; and behold the star which they had seen in the East, went before them, until it came and stood over where the child was.

  • Barton's wife was at a meeting in the Pentland Hills, where the Devil 'went before us in the likeness of a rough tanny Dog, playing on a pair of Pipes.

  • So they followed, and he went before them.

  • Thus we set forward, and I went before him; but the man was but of few words, only he would sigh aloud.

  • And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot.

  • And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him.

  • And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem.

  • Sidenote: St. Luke 19] And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem.

  • The matter of the testimony was the same as before, for the concerns of Christ's kingly prerogative, but with some more increase as to its opposites: for these grew successively in every period, the last always including all that went before.

  • And it may be, our two royal brothers have contributed more to cure men of this moral madness than any who went before them.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "went before" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    asked him; deliver them; eleven days; hand work; married couple; plain omelet; thirteen years; went aboard; went afterwards; went around; went away; went before; went down; went downstairs; went immediately; went into; went north; went off; went out; went right; went round; went straight; went together; went upstairs; went with; went yesterday