1.   Villagers accused the police of raping the sisters and killing them before quitting the post.

2.   Jack Scamp senior was killed just before Dunkirk.

3.   As you might recall, Shakur also was killed just before the release of his new CD.

4.   Bausk noted that Busch was killed shortly before the High Holy Days, when Jews repent and ask to be inscribed in the book of life for another year.

5.   But Max comes with a placid disposition, a love of Shakespeare and a heart problem that will kill him before his time.

6.   Digna Ochoa left Mexico because she had nearly been killed before, when assailants tied her to a chair and left her in a gas-filled room.

7.   Dressed in a bikini top and a sarong, she was nursing a hangover and killing time before hitting the beach.

8.   Detectives also learned that Grissom had killed before.

9.   Flanagan was said by doctors to be one of the longest-living survivors of cystic fibrosis, which is genetic and usually kills before adulthood.

10.   He expressed skepticism about one element of the threat, that terrorists would wait for bin Laden or Omar to be captured or killed before carrying out an attack.