"She was smart enough to leave town on the eve of the preview."
And so it was that, one by one, senior officers from Rommel down had left the front on the very eve of the battle.
Hamilton, whose brilliance got him important early patrons, left for America in 1772 on the eve of the early revolutionary movement.
Shea would not have believed Dayel old enough to marry, and found it difficult to understand why anyone would leave on the eve of his marriage.
After leaving school, on the eve of war, he worked as a bank clerk.
It would also be their last release with Paul Gray, who would leave the band on the eve of their 1983 tour.
Rankine left the band in 1982 on the eve of what would have been the Sulk tour.
Leaving Paris on the eve of World War I, he returned to his father's house only to be denied support.
The Grand Inquisitor asks the Prisoner, "Why do you want to leave us now, on the very eve of your salvation?"
Their bassist left on the eve of their first national tour, so Cook agreed to move to Hull to join them.