However he did not make a consistent impact and was dropped shortly after.

Young ones tend to drop out of school shortly before they get married.

He dropped out of the local scene shortly after the exhibition, five years ago.

In any event, Gore dropped out of the race shortly after the debate.

The proposal was dropped shortly after it received more than 250,000 complaints from the public.

"Drop by the office shortly, Harris, we've got some big work to do."

Times Mirror's stock price, like that of most newspaper companies, began to drop this summer shortly before the market decline.

Bugeye construction dropped to almost nothing shortly after the turn of the century.

King later confirmed the rumours were true and was dropped shortly after.

A change of rules saw non-Dublin players dropped from the team shortly afterwards.