The final was, in fact, his last game ever before retirement.
She played her last part before retirement early in 2007.
He would come back to play in 1947 for 6 games before retirement.
One day I asked him what he had done before his retirement.
He held that office for 32 years before his retirement in 1986.
He died in June 2012, only three days before his retirement.
They said he saw the job as a final challenge before his retirement.
For many, especially those who have put in the required 20 years before retirement, it is too much.
He or she has worked in Britain for 44 years before retirement.
He covered state politics for 25 years before his retirement in 1963.